Questions and answers
Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.
- Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
- Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber
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Question reference: S6W-41903
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 14 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 1 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how many board meetings of Architecture & Design Scotland the Cabinet Secretary for Constitution, External Affairs and Culture has attended since May 2021, and on what dates.
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Question reference: S6W-41924
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Independent
- Date lodged: Friday, 14 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 1 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether NatureScot is implementing the work that the Minister for Agriculture and Connectivity announced it would commit to in his ministerial statement on 1 October 2025; what action he will take if NatureScot fails to implement the work, and whether he will exercise his power of direction to require NatureScot to deliver what he announced it would do.
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Question reference: S6W-41908
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 14 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 1 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how many board meetings of the National Library of Scotland the Cabinet Secretary for Constitution, External Affairs and Culture has attended since May 2021, and on what dates.
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Question reference: S6W-41915
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Independent
- Date lodged: Friday, 14 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 1 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether NHS Highland requires a vaccination distribution licence and, if so, what the reasons are for this, what the cost is of such a licence, and whether the cost requires to be met by NHS Highland.
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Question reference: S6W-41925
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Independent
- Date lodged: Friday, 14 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 1 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding NatureScot's work on the issue of gull management, whether it has confidence in its CEO and Chair.
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Question reference: S6W-41920
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Independent
- Date lodged: Friday, 14 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 1 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether NHS Highland has run a Hospital at Home programme, and, if so, what the cost has been to date, and how many patients have taken part in it.
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Question reference: S6W-41901
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 14 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 1 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what key performance indicators it uses to assess performance on west coast ferry routes, and which routes are the (a) best and (b) worst performing under each measure.
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Question reference: S6W-41912
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Independent
- Date lodged: Friday, 14 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 1 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what the overspend by NHS Highland was in the financial year 2024-25, and whether it will provide a breakdown of this overspend.
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Question reference: S6W-41888
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 14 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 1 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on the total estimated cost to it of its delegation attending the COP30 UN climate summit in Belem, Brazil, broken down by (a) travel, (b) accommodation, (c) subsistence and (d) any other associated costs, and, for each of these categories, what the estimated cost is for (i) ministers, (ii) special advisers and (iii) officials.
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Question reference: S6W-41891
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 14 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 1 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what its objectives are for engagement at the COP30 UN climate summit in Belem, Brazil, with (a) activists, (b) civil society partners from the Global South and (c) partners in its Climate Justice Fund programmes, and how it will evaluate the outcomes of this engagement.
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