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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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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 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 12 July 2025
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Question reference: S6W-38694

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 24 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what research it has carried out regarding retrofitting traditional or listed buildings in rural and island areas.

Question reference: S6W-38695

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 24 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: Answered by Angela Constance on 24 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-38682

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 24 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service regarding reports that the number of scheduled criminal trails has fallen below 20,000.

Question reference: S6W-38691

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 24 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-38692

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 24 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-38699

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 20 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-38210 by Alasdair Allan on 9 June 2025, what analysis it has undertaken regarding the factors cited; whether those factors will affect the achievement of its heat in buildings decarbonisation goals, and what action it plans to take to affect patterns of consumer demand and installer availability to ensure that heat pumps are installed at a sufficient rate.

Question reference: S6W-38687

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 20 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs’ letter of 3 June 2025 to the Criminal Justice Committee, which partners and stakeholders have been engaged with regarding the issue of virtual attendance at criminal court, since the conclusion of the stage 1 debate on the Criminal Justice Modernisation and Abusive Domestic Behaviour Reviews (Scotland) Bill.

Question reference: S6W-38698

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 20 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-38212 by Alasdair Allan on 9 June 2025, what its position is on whether the reported relative slowdown of heat pump installations in Scotland compared with the rest of the UK is compatible with the trajectory required to install enough heat pumps to meet Scotland's decarbonisation goals.

Question reference: S6W-38222

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 June 2025
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 17 June 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many people under 18 have been taken to healthcare facilities under a place of safety order in each of the last five years.