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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: S6W-38692

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 26 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-22416 by Patrick Harvie on 8 November 2023, which stakeholders it (a) has subsequently had and (b) plans to have discussions with on this topic.

Question reference: S6W-38691

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 26 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-22415 by Patrick Harvie on 8 November 2023, what discussions it has subsequently had with Historic Environment Scotland on this topic.

Question reference: S6W-38673

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 26 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what funding has been allocated to the cladding remediation programme to date, and how much of this funding has been spent.

Question reference: S6W-38685

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 26 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what metric it would use to determine (a) whether and (b) when any criminal trials backlog has been cleared.

Question reference: S6W-38684

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 26 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the definition of "backlog" as referring to "the outstanding scheduled trials that are above the normal operating capacity of 20,000", as set out in the 2023 Auditor General report, Criminal courts backlog.

Question reference: S6W-38695

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 26 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what work it has done to ensure that owners of traditional and listed buildings will receive sufficient support to retrofit these buildings in advance of any move to higher energy performance certificate (EPC) standards.

Question reference: S6W-38683

Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 26 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the reported statement by the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service that the "normal volume" of scheduled criminal trials for an "efficient system" is 20,000 is (a) accurate and (b) reasonable.

Question reference: S6W-38656

Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 26 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what action a landowner can take in the event that the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill is passed and they are placed in breach of contract with a lender as a result.

Question reference: S6W-38013

Asked by: Martin Whitfield, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 26 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, as part of its work to further the case for Scottish independence, whether it has (a) sought and (b) received any legal advice on its potential ability to allow an independent Scotland to avoid any border checks with the rest of the UK while applying EU single market rules, and, if so, whether it will publish any such advice.

Question reference: S6W-38011

Asked by: Martin Whitfield, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 26 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, as part of its work to further the case for Scottish independence, what assessment it has made of what potential reduction in trade volumes for the (a) whisky, (b) meat and (c) dairy sector could result from any introduction of a hard border between an independent Scotland and the rest of the UK.