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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-41653

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 November 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 18 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how it is supporting local organisations, such as Inverclyde Women’s Aid, to meet the needs of survivors of domestic abuse.

Question reference: S6W-41654

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 November 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 18 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reported proposals to reduce wholetime firefighter posts in Inverclyde, and what assessment it has made of fire service resilience across Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-41559

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 October 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to reduce any local authority reliance on supply teachers, in light of reports that Inverclyde Council spent £1.6 million on supply teachers in one year.

Question reference: S6W-41560

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 October 2025
Current Status: Answer expected on 11 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact on pupils' learning outcomes of any increasing reliance by local authorities on supply teachers, in light of the reported £1.6 million spend by Inverclyde Council on supply teachers in one year.

Question reference: S6W-40881

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 September 2025
Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 17 October 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the suggestion in the paper, Scotland’s Future High Streets The Scottish Retail Consortium’s Manifesto for Town and City Centres, that a directly elected Provost should be established for Glasgow to help drive economic growth in the city.

Growing our economy is one of this Government’s top priorities. Scotland’s regional economies, and Regional Economic Partnerships (REPs), are key to delivering this, and we are committed to enabling effective regional decision-making.

We have worked closely with Glasgow City Region’s REP to deliver significant regional investment, including through the Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Fund (EVIF), the £160 million Investment Zone, and the £2 million Maritime Skills programme.

In addition, the Scottish Government committed £500 million over 20 years to the main strand of the Glasgow City Region Deal, the Infrastructure Investment Fund, when it was signed in August 2014. The Deal has received £60 million (combined from the Scottish and UK Governments) for projects this financial year.

Funded projects are making significant progress across the region, with the Renfrew and Govan-Partick bridges opening and celebrating their respective millionth crossings. These new links connect communities, create opportunities, and have the potential to support over 1,400 jobs.

The Scottish Government is working with COSLA on the Local Governance Review to consider how powers and resources should be shared between national and local government and with communities. From the extensive engagement to date, there have been no specific proposals to introduce directly elected provosts.

If any changes were to be made to local government structures or governance arrangements, they would be informed by the views of local government. This is in line with the Scottish Government’s commitment to respecting local government’s democratic mandate, as set out in the Verity House Agreement.

Question reference: S6W-40880

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 September 2025
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 17 October 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the suggestion in the paper, Scotland’s Future High Streets The Scottish Retail Consortium’s Manifesto for Town and City Centres, that a directly elected Police and Crime Commissioner be elected to replace the Scottish Police Authority.

The Scottish Police Authority (SPA) was created via the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 and is the primary governance body for policing in Scotland, holding the Chief Constable to account and to promote, support and oversee improvement in policing.

There are no plans to replace the SPA with another means to scrutinise policing in Scotland. In a report published last year, His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Policing Scotland (HMICS) acknowledged considerable improvements in the governance of SPA and highlighted its effectiveness.

The 2012 Act has also improved local governance, ensuring each local authority can put in place a system which best meets their needs, requiring Police Scotland to involve individual local authorities in setting of priorities and objectives for the policing of its area, and take into account feedback received.

I fully acknowledge the work of the Scottish Retail Consortium in supporting its members when such businesses and their staff are victims of retail crime. The Scottish Government recognises the distress this kind of crime can cause and has made an additional £3 million available this year to help tackle it, as part of a record £1.64 billion investment in policing.

Question reference: S6W-40753

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 25 September 2025
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 9 October 2025

To ask the Scottish Government when it will bring forward legislative instruments to amend Parole Board rules, following the passing of section 29I of the Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill.

Question reference: S6W-40754

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 25 September 2025
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 9 October 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it (a) has had and (b) plans to have with victim support organisations regarding the effect and promotion of the regulations relating to exclusion zone conditions, as set out in section 29J of the Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill.

Question reference: S6W-40755

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 25 September 2025
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 9 October 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had or plans to hold with the Parole Board on the plans to provide victims with a summary of reasons behind its decisions, as set out in section 29GD of the Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill.

Question reference: S6W-40752

Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 25 September 2025
Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 9 October 2025

To ask the Scottish Government when it will bring forward legislative instruments to amend Parole Board rules, following the passing of section 29H of the Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill.