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-40688
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 6 October 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of Calmare therapy being offered in Ireland, Italy, Germany, USA and Australia, what its position is on the reported view of the UK specialist clinic, the London Spine Unit, that the therapy is an “efficient and safe alternative for several different types of refractory chronic neuropathic pain, with a very rare possibility of adverse events”.
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Question reference: S6W-40687
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 6 October 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what research it is undertaking into the potential (a) effectiveness and (b) cost-effectiveness of Calmare therapy in offering relief for conditions such as nerve pain, cancer pain, opioid-induced pain and chronic regional pain syndrome, and whether this therapy is being considered for routine commissioning to offer relief for such conditions.
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Question reference: S6W-40697
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 6 October 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to continue the Children Young People Families Early Intervention Fund beyond March 2026.
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Question reference: S6W-40689
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 6 October 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to investigate any disparity between NHS boards in thrombolysis rates.
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Question reference: S6W-40698
- Asked by: Jeremy Balfour, MSP for Lothian, Independent
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 6 October 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what action is being taken to expand access to specialist migraine care through community and primary care services.
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Question reference: S6W-40701
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 6 October 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what steps are being taken to improve clinical training and pathways for diagnosing and managing migraine.
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Question reference: S6W-40587
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 6 October 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is regarding local authority officers instructing external legal counsel to defend decisions in which they are directly involved, and what conflict-of-interest protections are in place.
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Question reference: S6W-40690
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 6 October 2025
To ask the Scottish Government which NHS boards are providing thrombectomy to eligible stroke patients through one of the thrombectomy hub centres.
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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: Answer expected 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.
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Question reference: S6W-40693
- Asked by: Michelle Thomson, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 6 October 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the reported calls from the Scottish Retail Consortium and Scottish Tourism Alliance for the UK Government, in its upcoming Budget, to restore tax-free shopping for overseas visitors as a means of supporting Scotland’s retail, tourism and hospitality sectors.
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