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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-02773

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 31 August 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 15 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the outcomes of the initial pilot phase of the HPV self-sampling kit programme, and what the next stages are for the national expansion of HPV self-sampling.

Question reference: S7W-02793

Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Monday, 31 August 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 15 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the report by Environmental Standards Scotland, Protecting Scotland's seafloor: an assessment of Scottish Ministers' implementation of the Marine Strategy Regulations 2010, whether it will make a statement to the Parliament when it publishes its formal response and remedial action plan.

Question reference: S7W-02775

Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Monday, 31 August 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 15 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the risks faced by workers carrying out litter-picking duties on trunk roads, including the A9, and what guidance and safety measures are in place to protect such workers from passing traffic.

Question reference: S7W-02778

Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Monday, 31 August 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 15 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of Environmental Standards Scotland's finding that there is insufficient assurance that existing fisheries management measures and other work in the marine space will achieve Good Environmental Status, what consideration it is giving to a network of static-gear reserves covering at least 30% of Scotland's inshore waters as a new or additional measure under Regulation 14 of the Marine Strategy Regulations 2010.

Question reference: S7W-02759

Asked by: Paul McLennan, MSP for East Lothian Coast and Lammermuirs, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 31 August 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 15 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will review Foundation Apprenticeship commissioning arrangements to allow additional suitably experienced and quality-assured specialist training providers to competitively tender to deliver relevant Foundation Apprenticeships to school pupils.

Question reference: S7W-02751

Asked by: Paul McLennan, MSP for East Lothian Coast and Lammermuirs, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 31 August 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 15 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the “ask and act” homelessness prevention pilot programme.

Question reference: S7W-02746

Asked by: Maggie Chapman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Monday, 31 August 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 15 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the potential impact on Scotland of any transfer of BP’s decommissioning liabilities to another operator, including the financial resilience and capacity of potential purchasers to meet those liabilities in full.

Question reference: S7W-02796

Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Monday, 31 August 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 15 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, regarding its response to the report by Environmental Standards Scotland, Protecting Scotland's seafloor: an assessment of Scottish Ministers' implementation of the Marine Strategy Regulations 2010, whether, it will undertake a quantified gap analysis to determine whether the measures contained in the 2025 UK Marine Strategy Programme of Measures are sufficient to deliver Scotland’s contribution to Good Environmental Status for seafloor integrity, and, should such an analysis identify a shortfall, whether it will comparatively assess the potential of new or additional fisheries management measures to contribute to Good Environmental Status, including spatial restrictions on mobile bottom-contact fishing.

Question reference: S7W-02779

Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Monday, 31 August 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 15 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of whether excluding bottom-towed fishing from at least 30% of Scotland's inshore waters would provide a means of giving practical effect to its commitments on (a) marine protection, (b) biodiversity recovery, (c) sustainable fisheries and (d) Good Environmental Status.

Question reference: S7W-02743

Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 31 August 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 15 September 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how much it has committed to flood defence schemes in 2026-27, and how much it plans to commit in each year of the current parliamentary session.