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
Urgent Questions aren't included in the Question and Answers search. There is a SPICe fact sheet listing Urgent and emergency questions.
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Question reference: S7W-00198
- Asked by: Kayleigh Kinross-O'Neill, MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 May 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 8 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will set out how, as participants in the Accessible Vehicle and Equipment Scheme, customers who receive their allowance through Social Security Scotland might be affected by changes to the Motability UK scheme from 1 July 2026.
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Question reference: S7W-00249
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 May 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 8 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what extra resources have been earmarked to support the work of community councils if, as it envisages in its report, Democracy Matters: Route Map to Reform, they were to become the initiators of the development of updated local areas led plans.
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Question reference: S7W-00201
- 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 milk production sector in Dumfriesshire.
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Question reference: S7W-00250
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 May 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 8 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the publication of its report, Single Authority Models: Publication on Progress, what action the Public Sector Reform Directorate next plans to take regarding the usage of single authority models.
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Question reference: S7W-00223
- Asked by: Andrew Baxter, MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 May 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 8 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what representations it has made to the UK Government regarding the creation of a dedicated Gaelic speaker work visa to allow fluent Gaelic speakers from overseas to fill Gaelic-medium posts in Scotland.
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Question reference: S7W-00229
- 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, given that original plans for establishing a permanent MRI scanner at Dr Gray's Hospital were halted several years ago, whether it will provide an update on the timetable for progressing this work.
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Question reference: S7W-00236
- 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, further to the Scottish National Party commitment to provide additional investment to reduce waiting times and waiting lists and deliver at least 50,000 operations and procedures within the first 100 days, how much additional funding will be provided and whether it will provide a breakdown of these additional operations and procedures by (a) speciality and (b) location.
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Question reference: S7W-00206
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- 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 aerospace firm, Aeralis Ltd, and/or its representatives following the company entering administration, including what impact this might have on promised investment and jobs at Glasgow Prestwick Airport.
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Question reference: S7W-00199
- 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 consultation it has undertaken with farmers and farming organisations regarding this proposal.
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Question reference: S7W-00241
- 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 how many health centres it plans to build in the current parliamentary session.
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