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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: S7W-03829

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 01 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 29 October 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland (HMICS) Thematic Inspection of Police Response to Drug Harm Reduction finding that Police Scotland has no published national drug harm reduction strategy, what discussions it has had with Police Scotland regarding the publication of such a strategy.

Question reference: S7W-03896

Asked by: Lorna Slater, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 01 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 29 October 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reports that Edinburgh Food Project provided 2,896 food parcels in the Edinburgh Central constituency between September 2025 and September 2026, whether it remains committed to ending the need for food banks in Scotland and, if so, what action it is taking to deliver this commitment.

Question reference: S7W-03890

Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 01 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 29 October 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it considers that the current planning and licensing framework is operating fairly and coherently for established short-term let businesses that pre-date the designation of short-term let control areas.

Question reference: S7W-03904

Asked by: Jenny Young, MSP for Central Scot and Lothians West, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 01 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 29 October 2026

To ask the Scottish Government when its consultation on childcare will open and conclude.

Question reference: S7W-03870

Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 01 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 29 October 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with representatives of the construction industry regarding the application and enforcement of Fair Work principles in the construction of major infrastructure projects, including fair pay, secure employment, workforce development and trade union engagement.

Question reference: S7W-03865

Asked by: Adam Harley, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 01 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 29 October 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether NHS Scotland has a national protocol setting out the actions that managers must take when concerns are raised that a healthcare professional may have deliberately harmed a patient, and, if not, whether it will introduce one in response to Recommendation 9 of the Thirlwall Inquiry.

Question reference: S7W-03866

Asked by: Adam Harley, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 01 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 29 October 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether, in light of Recommendation 10 of the Thirlwall Inquiry, it will consider establishing a national panel of independent clinical and other experts that NHS boards could call upon to conduct rapid, independent investigations where concerns emerge about possible harm being caused to patients.

Question reference: S7W-03862

Asked by: Adam Harley, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 01 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 29 October 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether, in light of Recommendation 6 of the Thirlwall Inquiry, all NHS boards have mechanisms in place for board-level monitoring of all deaths of babies and children, including a predetermined process for escalating concerning trends or patterns.

Question reference: S7W-03856

Asked by: Adam Harley, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 01 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 29 October 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what information it holds regarding the provision of in-cot baby monitoring systems with livestreaming capability for parents across neonatal units in Scotland, including the number of cots and incubators currently fitted with such systems.

Question reference: S7W-03762

Asked by: Sanne Dijkstra-Downie, MSP for Edinburgh Northern, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 01 October 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 29 October 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the National Year of Reading, what its response is to research by the National Literacy Trust and Penguin Books suggesting that one in four primary schools does not have a library.