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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-42187
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the additional £500,000 allocated to enhance the support available to children and families as referenced on 1 October 2025 by the Minister for Social Care and Mental Wellbeing, whether it will provide information on how the money has been allocated and spent in the (a) financial year 2024-25 and (b) current financial year to date.
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Question reference: S6W-42171
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government when it anticipates that it will publish its response to NatureScot’s review of the bird species on schedule 2 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
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Question reference: S6W-42119
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding reports that Professor Alexis Jay's comments on grooming gang inquiries were misrepresented during a debate on the Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill on 16 September 2025, on what date Ministers or officials first reviewed concerns raised about the accuracy of comments made about her views.
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Question reference: S6W-42118
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding reports that Professor Alexis Jay's comments on grooming gang inquiries were misrepresented during a debate on the Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill on 16 September 2025, on what date it was first informed that comments made about her views were inaccurate.
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Question reference: S6W-42200
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to improve public-facing information on the specific symptoms of Crohn’s disease and colitis to support earlier diagnosis, including through the NHS 24 Online app and other tools.
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Question reference: S6W-42184
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the construction contract that it has entered into to build HPM Glasgow, whether there is scope in the contract for the project to go over budget, and, if so, by how much.
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Question reference: S6W-42176
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the report published in November 2025 by Eversheds Sutherland, Wind Energy Consenting: Increasing S36 Threshold to 100MW and Sector Deal Progress, which identifies that the current average timeframe for Section 36 determinations for onshore wind projects is 29 months without a Public Local Enquiry and 38 months with one.
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Question reference: S6W-42182
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has any plans to introduce a legal requirement for kitchen knives to be security-tagged or kept behind the counter in retail premises, as is done with other products that could be used as weapons.
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Question reference: S6W-42199
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the increase in inflammatory bowel disease cases, in light of reported estimates that 25,000 people in the UK will be diagnosed in 2025 with Crohn's disease and colitis, and that Scotland has the highest prevalence in the UK, with one in 103 people affected.
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Question reference: S6W-42174
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 November 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it remains committed to achieving 20GW of operational onshore wind in Scotland by 2030 as set out in the Scottish Onshore Wind Sector Deal in 2023.
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