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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)
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Question reference: S6W-42143

Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 November 2025
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 5 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how each of the responders to the Public Contracts Scotland notice for expressions of interest in tendering for the construction of the two new freight flex vessels to serve the Aberdeen-Kirkwall/Lerwick route became aware of the notice.

The Single Procurement Document was published on the Public Contracts Scotland platform which is designed to facilitate the procurement process for public sector procurement contracts in Scotland for both domestic and international suppliers. The Portal provides access to contract opportunities, guidance for suppliers and information on the procurement process.

A Transport Scotland press release was issued on 04 June 2025 to note the start of the procurement process. NIFS Freight Flex Project updates and information on the procurement process and timelines are also available on the CMAL website.

Question reference: S6W-42139

Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 November 2025
Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 5 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, in accordance with section 61 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2025, when it plans to take forward regulations to change the economic index for the uprating of mobile home pitch fees.

Provisions for changing the basis for uprating mobile home pitch fees, from the Retail Prices Index to the Consumer Prices Index, were included at section 61 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2025 (the Act), which received Royal Assent on 6 November 2025. We are now working on the secondary legislation required to commence provisions within the Act and will provide updates on the Scottish Government website (https://consult.gov.scot/local-government-and-communities/change-to-basis-of-pitch-uprating-consultation/) as we progress to implement the mobile home pitch fee provisions.

Question reference: S6W-42155

Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 November 2025
Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 5 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason there been no progress on the "in principle" agreement on role expansion for firefighters reached in 2022 between the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) and the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS).

Question reference: S6W-42154

Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 November 2025
Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 5 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what cost-benefit analysis it has carried out of a potential role expansion for firefighters.

Question reference: S6W-42150

Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 November 2025
Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 5 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its proposed Learning Disabilities, Autism and Neurodivergence Bill.

Question reference: S6W-42170

Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 November 2025
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 5 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has monitored trends in container traffic on the River Clyde over the last year.

Question reference: S6W-42187

Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 November 2025
Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 5 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the additional £500,000 allocated to enhance the support available to children and families as referenced on 1 October 2025 by the Minister for Social Care and Mental Wellbeing, whether it will provide information on how the money has been allocated and spent in the (a) financial year 2024-25 and (b) current financial year to date.

Question reference: S6W-42085

Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 20 November 2025
Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 5 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-41710 by Gillian Martin on 18 November 2025, what work was undertaken in relation to the reported action point recorded in the note of the meeting between the Minister for Climate Action and HadFab Limited on 22 May 2024 that “SG officials [were] to explore the idea of a ‘Heroes of Net Zero’ campaign highlighting the diverse range of green jobs contributing to net zero”, including (a) which officials and directorates were tasked with this work, (b) what advice was subsequently provided to ministers, (c) what consideration was given to the objectives, target audiences, delivery timeline, key milestones and forecast or actual costs of such a campaign and (d) what the reasons are for the statement in the answer to question S6W-41710 that the Scottish Government “has not proposed a ‘Heroes of Net Zero’ campaign, has not done so in the past and is not aware of any proposals to do so in the future”.

The Heroes of Net Zero campaign was raised to me in a meeting in 2024.

Ideas for future communications campaigns are discussed with teams involved in Let’s Do Net Zero. The suggestion has not been taken forward this year.

I refer the member to the question S6W-41710 which was answered on 18 November 2025. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/written-questions-and-answers.

Question reference: S6W-42070

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 20 November 2025
Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 5 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many empty homes there currently are in the West Scotland region.

Question reference: S6W-42325

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 what modelling it undertook prior to ending the local connection rule regarding the likely distribution of homeless individuals across Scotland.