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-39637
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 July 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 August 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what its methodology is for tracking local planning authority approvals for new homes; how this methodology distinguishes by the type of approval, including (a) detailed planning consent (b) planning permission in principle (c) approval of matters specified in condition (d) single homes (e) change of use and (f) renewal of consent, and how this methodology eliminates double counting.
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Question reference: S6W-39594
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 July 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 August 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the potential impact on the national gas transmission system of any unplanned shutdown at the Mossmorran natural gas liquids plant, and what contingencies it has identified to mitigate any such disruption.
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Question reference: S6W-39634
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 July 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 August 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what management information systems and dashboards it uses to track the number of homes granted planning permission, including from external data providers.
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Question reference: S6W-39583
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 July 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 August 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-39106 by Ivan McKee on 8 July 2025, on what date the proposed Scottish Government mobile app will be available.
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Question reference: S6W-39613
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 July 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 August 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to incorporate awareness of chronic illnesses in the school curriculum.
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Question reference: S6W-39599
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 July 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 August 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has received from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) on (a) the number of flaring events and their cumulative duration and (b) the causes of flaring at the Mossmorran natural gas liquids plant in each of the last three calendar years.
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Question reference: S6W-39616
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 July 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 August 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure that the economic benefits of Scotland’s role in hosting the 2028 UEFA European foootball championships benefit communities in all areas of the country, and what legacy planning it has conducted.
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Question reference: S6W-39610
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 July 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 August 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, with reference to Kidney Care UK’s report, Left to get on with it: The real impact of inadequate psychosocial support in kidney care, which was published in June 2025, whether it will conduct a national audit of psychosocial service provision for people living with kidney disease and, if so, how the findings of any audit will be used to inform service improvement and reduce any regional variation in psychosocial support for people with chronic kidney disease.
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Question reference: S6W-39614
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 July 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 August 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reports that animal welfare objections that are raised in planning appeals are routinely disregarded as "non-material considerations", what steps it will take to issue guidance affirming that animal welfare can constitute a legitimate material consideration in the planning system.
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Question reference: S6W-39602
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 July 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 August 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on how the continued operation of the Mossmorran natural gas liquids plant aligns with Scotland’s statutory greenhouse gas emission reduction targets.
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