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-00190
- Asked by: David Linden, MSP for Glasgow Baillieston and Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 May 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 8 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of stalled spaces in Glasgow where associated remedial works on contaminated land would be deemed to make construction of social housing cost prohibitive.
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Question reference: S7W-00240
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 May 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 8 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to build the remaining National Treatment Centres.
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Question reference: S7W-00202
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 May 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 8 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the Scottish National Party’s 2026 manifesto commitment to enact a statutory price cap on essential food items in supermarkets, what assessments have been undertaken on any impact the proposal will have on the farming sector in Dumfriesshire.
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Question reference: S7W-00231
- Asked by: Laura Mitchell, MSP for Moray, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 May 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 8 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding the high costs of home heating oil and any impact these have had on rural communities, including in Moray.
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Question reference: S7W-00203
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 May 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 8 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what legal basis it has used and what assessments it has undertaken to determine the legality of plans to enact a statutory price cap on essential food items in supermarkets, as per the Scottish National Party’s 2026 manifesto commitment.
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Question reference: S7W-00243
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scot and Lothians West, Reform UK
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 May 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 8 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the commitment in the Scottish National Party manifesto to enact a statutory price cap on essential food items, what discussions it has had with its Scottish Business Growth Group regarding the proposal.
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Question reference: S7W-00235
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 May 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 8 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of missing its March 2026 target, when it expects to eradicate all NHS waits of over (a) one and (b) two years.
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Question reference: S7W-00244
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scot and Lothians West, Reform UK
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 May 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 8 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the commitment in the Scottish National Party manifesto to enact a statutory price cap on essential food items, what its response is to the comments from the Institute of Public Policy Research in The Times on 27 April 2026 that the policy is unlikely to make a “tangible difference to household budgets”.
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Question reference: S7W-00210
- Asked by: Senga Beresford, MSP for South Scotland, Reform UK
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 May 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 8 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reports that school pupils in Dumfries have been issued with personal safety alarms due to concerns about asylum seekers reportedly taking photographs of them outside schools, what action it is taking to ensure the safety of pupils and to provide reassurance to local residents.
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Question reference: S7W-00248
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scot and Lothians West, Reform UK
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 May 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 8 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the commitment in the Scottish National Party manifesto to enact a statutory price cap on essential food items, what its response is to the reported comments from Prosper Scotland regarding the proposal “that it’s extremely hard to see how it could feasibly operate”.
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