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: S7W-01937
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scot and Lothians West, Reform UK
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 July 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 19 August 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what monitoring it carries out of the number of collisions and injuries involving cyclists and pedestrians at or around floating bus stops and bus boarders, and whether such incidents are separately identified in road casualty statistics.
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Question reference: S7W-01907
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 July 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 19 August 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has had with UK Government on its proposals to introduce a licensing scheme for the sale of knives, and what assessment it has made of any implications of this scheme for Scotland.
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Question reference: S7W-01919
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 July 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 19 August 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what information it holds on how many carers' breaks have been delivered in each local authority area since the Carers (Scotland) Act 2016 came into force.
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Question reference: S7W-01900
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 July 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 19 August 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking towards introducing a cadastral system for recording and managing information about land ownership and what the timeline for this is.
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Question reference: S7W-01908
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 July 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 19 August 2026
To ask the Scottish Government when it will introduce the necessary regulations to implement the age restrictions on the online sale of knives, as set out in the Crime and Policing Act 2026.
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Question reference: S7W-01796
- Asked by: Michael Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
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- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 July 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 19 August 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding the contractual remedies available to NHS boards where hearing aid batteries supplied through the national procurement framework do not meet the required standards, and whether it holds information on any such remedies having been exercised since the commencement of the current contract.
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Question reference: S7W-01906
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 July 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 19 August 2026
To ask the Scottish Government how its licensing regulations for the sale of non-domestic knives are applied to online sales.
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Question reference: S7W-01910
- Asked by: Martyn Day, MSP for Falkirk East and Linlithgow, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 July 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 19 August 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the (a) whole-life cost, (b) infrastructure reliability and (c) operational risk of applying different zero-emission technologies to public-sector fleets, including refuse vehicles, buses, highway vehicles and depot-based vans, and how lessons from recent fleet deployments, including Aberdeen’s hydrogen bus experience, are informing future support for local authorities in this area.
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Question reference: S7W-01915
- Asked by: Paul McLennan, MSP for East Lothian Coast and Lammermuirs, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 July 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 19 August 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to expand routine water quality monitoring beyond designated bathing waters to ensure that recreational waters used for surfing, paddleboarding and kayaking receive equivalent public health protections, and whether it will consider extending monitoring to emerging pollutants, including per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), microplastics and antimicrobial-resistant bacteria.
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Question reference: S7W-01925
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 July 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 19 August 2026
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the first meeting of the group established to consider the Scottish Health Technologies Group's recommendation that lidocaine infusions, lidocaine injections and radiofrequency treatment should continue for suitable chronic pain patients, scheduled for 29 April 2026, was cancelled, and whether it will publish details of the group's leadership, membership and remit.
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