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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.

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Question reference: S6W-41126

Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 October 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 6 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the visit to Japan by the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Energy in September 2025 to lead a delegation from Scotland's offshore wind sector, on what date each diary event for the visit was provisionally entered in the cabinet secretary’s diary.

Question reference: S6W-41128

Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 October 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 6 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the visit to Japan by the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Energy in September 2025 to lead a delegation from Scotland's offshore wind sector, on what date the cabinet secretary agreed informally to go on the visit, and to whom this decision was given.

Question reference: S6W-41130

Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 October 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 6 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the visit to Japan by the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Energy in September 2025 to lead a delegation from Scotland's offshore wind sector, on what dates the delegates who attended the visit with the cabinet secretary were provided with the visit's itinerary.

Question reference: S6W-41129

Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 October 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 6 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the visit to Japan by the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Energy in September 2025 to lead a delegation from Scotland's offshore wind sector, on what date the cabinet secretary agreed formally to go on the visit, and to whom this decision was given.

Question reference: S6W-41127

Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 October 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 6 November 2025

Question reference: S6W-41125

Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 October 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 6 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the visit to Japan by the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Energy in September 2025 to lead a delegation from Scotland's offshore wind sector, on what date the visit was confirmed in the cabinet secretary’s diary.

Question reference: S6W-41124

Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 October 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 6 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the visit to Japan by the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Energy in September 2025 to lead a delegation from Scotland's offshore wind sector, on what date the visit was provisionally entered in the cabinet secretary’s diary.

Question reference: S6W-41131

Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 09 October 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 6 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the visit to Japan by the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Energy in September 2025 to lead a delegation from Scotland's offshore wind sector, on what date delegates who attended the visit with the cabinet secretary were (a) informally and (b) formally asked if they would attend.

Question reference: S6W-40682

Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 22 September 2025
Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 6 October 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the recent visit to Japan by the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Energy, to lead a delegation from Scotland's offshore wind sector, on what (a) date she left the UK to travel to Japan, (b) dates she was in Japan leading the delegation, (c) date the visit was (i) provisionally entered and (ii) confirmed in the cabinet secretary’s diary, (d) date each diary event in Japan was provisionally entered or confirmed in the ministerial diary, (e) date the cabinet secretary (1) informally and (2) formally agreed to go to Japan, and who this was confirmed to; whether it will provide a list of all the delegates who attended the visit with the cabinet secretary, and on what date the other members of the delegation had the date of the visit confirmed to them.

I undertook Scotland’s Offshore Wind and Clean Energy Technologies programme at Expo Osaka, Kansai 2025. She also undertook a programme of business engagements to support a Scottish trade mission. I travelled to Tokyo on 14 September and departed on 19 September having undertaken a full programme of engagements.

I followed the steps for seeking approval for international travel and the slip request was confirmed by the Minister for Parliamentary Business on 3 September, confirming the visit could go ahead.

I was supported in Japan by three Scottish Government officials and three SDI officials based in Northeast Asia.

The following companies made up the trade delegation:

Energy Transition Zone (ETZ)
Enerfloat
Eodex
OEG Renewables
James Fisher Renewables
Orkney Islands Council
Eyemouth Harbour
Fraserburgh Harbour
Highland Deephaven Ltd

Question reference: S6O-05032

Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 October 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 October 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions the veterans minister has had with ministerial colleagues regarding the role of local authorities in maintaining Commonwealth War Graves to a national standard.