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-40490
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what further analysis it has made of the recommendations in the Patient Safety Commissioner report, The Hughes Report: Options for redress for those harmed by valproate and pelvic mesh, published on 7 February 2024, for mesh injured women to receive compensation through (a) an interim and (b) a main scheme, and what engagement it has had with the UK Government regarding the possibility of financial redress.
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Question reference: S6W-40500
- Asked by: Ash Regan, MSP for Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on the reasons for the removal of commitments to openness and transparency, including the sharing of Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) risk registers with the Scottish Government, from the NDA’s 2024 Framework Document, compared with the 2021 version.
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Question reference: S6W-40486
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what process is in place for a complainant to make representations to the Scottish Ministers following a report from the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Housing and Property Chamber) regarding a property factor’s failure to comply with a Property Factor Enforcement Order, and whether it will consider extending the same right of representation to complainants as is currently afforded to property factors under the Property Factors (Scotland) Act 2011.
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Question reference: S6W-40491
- Asked by: Michael Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, further to its Fiscal Sustainability Delivery Plan, published in June 2025, whether any areas of NHS board spend will be protected from its commitment to “Deliver NHS Board 3% recurring savings against core funding”.
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Question reference: S6W-40501
- Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government when the Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorates (SGHSC) Capital Investment Group last discussed a new medical centre for Lochgelly; what the outcome was, and on what date it will next discuss the matter.
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Question reference: S6W-40502
- Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government by what date it will (a) reach and (b) announce its decision on the infrastructure investment plan refresh review for the years beyond 2025-26.
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Question reference: S6W-40487
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the Scottish Rugby report, Breaking the silence: why breast health matters in rugby, which was published in September 2025 and highlights research concerning the difference in performance made by having a proper fitting for a sports bra, how it will raise awareness among women and girls of the potential damage to health that can be caused by ill-fitting sports bras, including informing them of the potential damage that might arise in sporting settings.
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Question reference: S6W-40503
- Asked by: Annabelle Ewing, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government when it last discussed a new medical centre for Lochgelly with NHS Fife; what the outcome was, and on what date it will next discuss the matter.
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Question reference: S6W-40499
- Asked by: Ash Regan, MSP for Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how many Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) governance meetings its officials have attended in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S6W-40492
- Asked by: Michael Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, further to its Fiscal Sustainability Delivery Plan, published in June 2025, what the total projected savings are from its commitment to “Deliver NHS Board 3% recurring savings against core funding”, in the financial year (a) 2025-26, (b) 2026-27, (c) 2027-28, (d) 2028-29 and (e) 2029-30.
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