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
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Question reference: S6W-40535
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 30 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government further to the answer to question S6W-39725 by Neil Gray on 20 August 2025, what steps it is taking to ensure that the haematology workforce is included in the Future Medical Workforce project and other medical workforce plans, and whether it will meet the British Society for Haematology to discuss this work.
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Question reference: S6W-40527
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Independent
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 30 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-37508 by Jim Fairlie on 29 May 2025, whether NatureScot presented its final version of the species licensing review to the Scottish Ministers in April 2025, and, if so, by what date the findings will be published.
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Question reference: S6W-40547
- Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 30 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the potential impact of concentrated land ownership on (a) community wealth building, (b) sustainable development, (c) local democracy, (d) environmental quality and (e) biological diversity.
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Question reference: S6W-40541
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 30 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason there has been a reported reduction in police attending the scene of, or investigating, retail theft and burglaries, in light of reports of an increase in such crimes.
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Question reference: S6W-40552
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 30 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what the total cost was of any penalties that it issued to Openreach in each year since 2016, and for what reasons it applied those penalties.
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Question reference: S6W-40311
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 30 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what specific measures it is putting in place to create a self-sufficient, low-carbon steel industry in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-40543
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 30 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the findings of the China Tribunal and the European Parliament Resolution 2024/2504 on forced organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners and other prisoners of conscience, what steps it is taking to ensure that no medical institutions, universities or personnel from Scotland are involved in organ transplantation practices in China, including indirect involvement.
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Question reference: S6W-40310
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 30 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will confirm how much taxpayers’ money remains connected to GFG Alliance-controlled assets in Scotland, and what contingency plans are in place if any of its companies enter administration.
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Question reference: S6W-40505
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 30 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the planned sale of the Clydebridge Steelworks in Cambuslang by GFG Alliance.
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Question reference: S6W-40308
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 30 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding any potential impact on the Scottish economy, what discussions it has had with the UK Government, and whether it will request that the relevant UK authorities initiate an immediate director disqualification investigation, in relation to GFG Alliance’s activities at Liberty Steel Dalzell and Clydebridge, in light of the Serious Fraud Office’s ongoing inquiry.
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