Skip to main content
What's on Watch Parliament TV
Main navigation
Loading…

Chamber and committees

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.

Find out more about parliamentary questions

Filter your results Hide all filters

Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 4 May 2021
  6. Current session: 13 May 2021 to 18 September 2025
Answer status
Question type
Clear search

Displaying 435 questions Show Answers

|

Question reference: S6W-40569

  • Asked by: Martin Whitfield, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 September 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 1 October 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has carried out of the reported decision by some EU member states to reverse their previous policy and expand nuclear power, and what assessment it has made of any implications of this for Scotland’s energy policy.

Question reference: S6W-40570

  • Asked by: Martin Whitfield, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 September 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 1 October 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what research it has commissioned on the potential role of small modular reactors in Scotland’s future energy mix.

Question reference: S6W-40565

  • Asked by: Martin Whitfield, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 September 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 1 October 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will engage with the UK Government regarding the UK–US nuclear power partnership.

Question reference: S6W-40564

  • Asked by: Martin Whitfield, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 September 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 1 October 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether ministers have met (a) Rolls-Royce SMR, (b) Westinghouse and (c) other international nuclear power developers to discuss potential investment in Scotland, and, if so, what the outcome was.

Question reference: S6W-40566

  • Asked by: Martin Whitfield, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 September 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 1 October 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what economic assessment it has made of the number of supply-chain contracts that Scotland-based firms could be awarded if new nuclear power capacity was developed in the country.

Question reference: S6W-40562

  • Asked by: Martin Whitfield, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 September 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 1 October 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of other parts of the UK reportedly pursuing new nuclear power projects, what calculation it has carried out of the potential economic impact on Scotland of it not doing so.

Question reference: S6W-40561

  • Asked by: Martin Whitfield, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 September 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 1 October 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what economic modelling it has carried out regarding the potential contribution of new nuclear power generation in Scotland to GDP growth.

Question reference: S6W-40563

  • Asked by: Martin Whitfield, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 September 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 1 October 2025

To ask the Scottish Government on what dates since 2021 its ministers have met the Nuclear Industry Association, and what (a) issues were discussed and (b) the outcomes were.

Question reference: S6W-40567

  • Asked by: Martin Whitfield, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 September 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 1 October 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made of the contribution of the nuclear power sector to the economy of East Lothian in the last five years.

Question reference: S6W-40568

  • Asked by: Martin Whitfield, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 September 2025
  • Current Status: Answer expected on 1 October 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the risk to Scotland’s energy security if Torness nuclear power station closes before new baseload capacity is available.