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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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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 4 May 2021
  6. Current session: 13 May 2021 to 10 March 2026
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Question reference: S6W-44118

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 09 March 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 23 March 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with Glasgow (a) City Council and (b) Life regarding the provision of capital funding for the restoration of the People’s Palace and its adjoining Winter Gardens.

Question reference: S6W-44116

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 09 March 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 23 March 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what (a) engagement it has carried out and (b) incentives it has provided to bus operators to procure Scottish-manufactured buses under Phase 3 of the Scottish Zero Emission Bus Challenge Fund (ScotZEB).

Question reference: S6W-44130

  • Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 09 March 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 23 March 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what evaluation has been done on the reoffending rates of individuals who have been issued warning letters or fiscal fines for wildlife crime offences.

Question reference: S6W-44124

  • Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 09 March 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 23 March 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any potential for so-called zero bill homes of combining the deployment of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels, batteries and heat pumps, and whether it will publish any such analysis.

Question reference: S6W-44127

  • Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Independent
  • Date lodged: Monday, 09 March 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 23 March 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the recent recommendation by the Scottish Health Technologies Group to retain specialist chronic pain interventions, including intravenous (IV) lidocaine infusions, injections and radiofrequency treatments, whether it plans to support NHS Scotland and remove current restrictions, including within NHS Highland, which has reportedly stopped accepting new patients for these interventions that many patients consider life-changing.

Question reference: S6W-44117

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 09 March 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 23 March 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the Procurement Act 2023 allowing contracting authorities to disregard bids from non-treaty state suppliers with which the UK does not have a trade agreement, such as China, what options this legislative provision provides for purchasers of buses under Phase 3 of the Scottish Zero Emission Bus Challenge Fund (ScotZEB).

Question reference: S6W-44123

  • Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 09 March 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 23 March 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the recent findings by the Grantham Research Institute in its report on the impacts of Home Energy Scotland loans for solar and storage, Adoption, incidence and welfare impacts of interest-free loans: evidence from solar PV, whether it will reconsider its decision to withdraw those loans.

Question reference: S6W-44125

  • Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 09 March 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 23 March 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether its heat decarbonisation policy supports the deployment of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels, alongside batteries and heat pumps.

Question reference: S6W-44121

  • Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 09 March 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 23 March 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding any potential Barnett consequential funding arising from the forthcoming UK Warm Homes Plan, and whether it will publish any records of those discussions.

Question reference: S6W-44122

  • Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 09 March 2026
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 23 March 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, should any Barnett consequential funding arise from the forthcoming UK Warm Homes Plan, whether it plans to use that funding to support solar and battery deployment programmes.