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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-04078
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 October 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 4 November 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of a May 2026 update from Aberdeen Health and Social Care Partnership stating that all three NHS Grampian walk-in clinics would be open by late summer/early autumn 2026, for what reason only one is currently operational, when it expects the Moray and Aberdeenshire clinics to be operational, and how much it has spent so far on the Moray and Aberdeenshire clinics.
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Question reference: S7W-04057
- Asked by: Lorna Slater, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 October 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 4 November 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding its paper Compulsory Purchase Reform in Scotland: The Way Forward, what further work it is undertaking to explore Compulsory Lease Orders and the potential impacts of leasing a property without its owner's consent, and when it expects this work to be completed.
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Question reference: S7W-04092
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 October 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 4 November 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the 2026 Scottish National Party manifesto commitment to “continue to work with campaigners to advance consideration” of reopening rail services to Ellon, Peterhead and Fraserburgh, what specific action it has taken.
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Question reference: S7W-04067
- Asked by: Adam Harley, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 October 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 4 November 2026
To ask the Scottish Government how many applications for access to Skyclarys (omaveloxolone) have been made through the Patient Access to Care Services (PACS) Tier 2 process in each NHS board area since the medicine became available in the UK and, for each NHS board area, how many applications have been approved.
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Question reference: S7W-04066
- Asked by: Adam Harley, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 October 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 4 November 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any barriers that would need to be addressed by Biogen before Skyclarys (omaveloxolone) could be resubmitted to the Scottish Medicines Consortium for consideration for use within NHS Scotland.
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Question reference: S7W-04068
- Asked by: Adam Harley, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 October 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 4 November 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether its Access to New Medicines Horizon Scanning Advisory Board is currently considering Friedreich’s ataxia and emerging treatments for the condition, and, if so, which treatments are being monitored.
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Question reference: S7W-04084
- Asked by: Martyn Day, MSP for Falkirk East and Linlithgow, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 October 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 4 November 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs since the closure in October 2025 of its call for evidence, Cannabis-based products for medicinal use.
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Question reference: S7W-04052
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 October 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 4 November 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the sustainability of the amount spent by NHS boards on agency locum anaesthetists in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S7W-04060
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 October 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 4 November 2026
To ask the Scottish Government how concerns raised by Environmental Standards Scotland regarding the timing of the draft Climate Change Plan have informed its approach to the introduction of biodiversity targets under the Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2026.
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Question reference: S7W-04093
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 October 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 4 November 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what the scope and purpose is of the Peterhead, Fraserburgh and Ellon Corridor Place Based Connectivity Assessment being commissioned by Nestrans, and whether it will assess the feasibility and business case for reinstating passenger and freight rail services to these towns.
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