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-42396
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 December 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 18 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on planned reforms to the governance of ferry services provided by CalMac under the Clyde and Hebrides (Third Generation) contract, which commenced on 1 October 2025.
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Question reference: S6W-42401
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 December 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 18 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking, including what funding it is making available, following the recent confirmation of the presence of avian influenza at a farm in South Lanarkshire.
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Question reference: S6W-42407
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 December 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 18 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how much Police Scotland paid EY in total for the Your Leadership Matters training programme.
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Question reference: S6W-42352
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 December 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 18 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the article in The Scotsman on 23 November 2025, which reported that a recent meeting scheduled between the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and the UK energy minister had been cancelled, in light of the comment that the cabinet secretary had found that "communication has been difficult to establish", whether it will confirm its definition of "difficult to establish" in the context of this.
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Question reference: S6W-42408
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 December 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 18 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how it monitored and measured the value and impact of the Your Leadership Matters training programme for Police Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-42375
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 December 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 18 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what additional resources it will provide to support policing and community safety across Inverclyde.
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Question reference: S6W-42400
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 December 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 18 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what communication plans are in place for (a) registered and (b) unregistered bird keepers in the event of an avian influenza control zone being established.
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Question reference: S6W-42380
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 December 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 18 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what the current average waiting time is for audiology services in Inverclyde, and what proportion of patients are seen within target times.
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Question reference: S6W-42289
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 December 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 18 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6M-41590 by Gillian Martin on 11 November 2025, in relation to the 10 schemes that are in progress, whether it will provide a breakdown of (a) the number of properties protected, (b) the estimated completion date, (c) the reason why the 2021 timeframe has not been achieved and (c) what the (i) initial forecast, (ii) current cost and (iii) expected final cost is, and how much was spent on each of the nine schemes that were removed from the programme because they were no longer required.
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Question reference: S6W-42392
- Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 December 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 18 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding reported comments by the Director of Agriculture and Rural Economy, what its response is to the comment that the Less Favoured Area Support Scheme (LFASS) could not be rebased due to staff number reductions.
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