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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)
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-01059

Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 15 June 2026
Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 13 July 2026

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it decided not to publish the Long-Term Conditions Framework in December 2025, and what progress has been achieved since that decision was made.

I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-43793 on 26 February 2026. 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.

We are now carefully considering the recommendations made by the advisory groups, established under the previous government, to inform our way forward for long term conditions. Our Programme for Government for 2026-27 will be put to the Parliament in due course.

Question reference: S7W-01065

Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 15 June 2026
Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 13 July 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what governance structures will be implemented to oversee the delivery of the Long-Term Conditions Framework, and whether these will include condition-specific programmes comparable to those in place for cancer.

Question reference: S7W-01067

Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 15 June 2026
Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 13 July 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has had with third sector organisations, including BHF Scotland, in the development of the Long-Term Conditions Framework, and how this engagement will continue.

Question reference: S7W-01485

Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 02 July 2026
Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 13 July 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to introducing compulsory sale order powers for sites that have been consistently left vacant and derelict in (a) cities, (b) towns and (c) rural areas.

Question reference: S7W-01471

Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 02 July 2026
Current Status: Answered by Jim Fairlie on 13 July 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to amend the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006 to extend statutory animal welfare protections to decapod crustaceans, including crabs, lobsters and prawns.

The Scottish Government has no plans at this time to amend the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006 to extend statutory animal welfare protections to decapod crustaceans.

The Scottish Animal Welfare Commission (SAWC) is currently carrying out a review of the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006, with the report scheduled for completion by the end of 2026. The Scottish Government will give full consideration to SAWC's report in due course.

Question reference: S7W-01633

Asked by: Jamie Langan, MSP for South Scotland, Reform UK
Date lodged: Friday, 10 July 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 7 August 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answers to questions S7W-00799 and S7W-01152 by Gillian Martin on 16 June and 8 July 2026 respectively, in light of the cabinet secretary’s comment in June regarding her “considering what support the Scottish Government can provide, both in the short term and in the longer term to ensure the sustainability of this important sector [the Pig Industry in Scotland]", and in July that she “met with the Agricultural Supply Chain Adjudicator, at the Royal Highland Show on 18 June, to discuss how the Fair Dealing Obligations (Pigs) Regulations 2025 may assist producers in their contracts, bringing balance and transparency to the pork supply chain”, whether it will confirm what (a) progress has been made with this consideration and (b) (i) financial and (i) other assistance it is providing to the industry, and how it will measure the effectiveness of this.

Question reference: S7W-01636

Asked by: Sanne Dijkstra-Downie, MSP for Edinburgh Northern, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 10 July 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 7 August 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether the forthcoming Buildings (Heating and Energy Performance) and Heat Networks (Scotland) Bill will include a requirement for public buildings to connect to heat networks where these are available, and what assessment it has made of the potential impact of such a requirement.

Question reference: S7W-01635

Asked by: Sanne Dijkstra-Downie, MSP for Edinburgh Northern, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 10 July 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 7 August 2026

To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to introduce the revised Buildings (Heating and Energy Performance) and Heat Networks (Scotland) Bill, and what its key provisions will be compared to the version of the Bill that was previously considered.

Question reference: S7W-01642

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 10 July 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 7 August 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to increase specialist national provision to support male victims of domestic abuse.

Question reference: S7W-01634

Asked by: Sanne Dijkstra-Downie, MSP for Edinburgh Northern, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 10 July 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 7 August 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what funding has been allocated to Scotland's Heat Network Fund for the current financial year, and whether it will commit to maintaining this fund across the full current parliamentary session, with flexible timelines to account for rising delivery costs.