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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-03801

Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 September 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 28 October 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether the planned reform of Scotland’s environmental bodies will affect the ability of local communities to engage with decision making, lodge complaints and seek enforcement action regarding any potential environmental impacts associated with issues such as hyperscale AI data centres, including impacts on water resources, energy use, land use and biodiversity.

Question reference: S7W-03787

Asked by: Andrew Baxter, MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 September 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 28 October 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what support is available to community organisations seeking wildfire equipment and training, whether eligibility for such support requires applicants to own the land on which the equipment would be used, and whether it will review any such requirement to enable organisations operating with the permission of a landowner to access support.

Question reference: S7W-03795

Asked by: Andrew Baxter, MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 September 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 28 October 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how it will assess whether the operation of the muirburn licensing scheme enables timely wildfire fuel management, including monitoring of application processing times, the number of applications refused or withdrawn and instances of planned fuel management work not proceeding.

Question reference: S7W-03784

Asked by: Andrew Baxter, MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 September 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 28 October 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what funding and technical support are available to identify, restore and maintain strategic water supplies for wildfire response, including disused storage structures, and how environmental requirements are addressed when considering such projects.

Question reference: S7W-03816

Asked by: David Green, MSP for Caithness, Sutherland and Ross, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 September 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 28 October 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that financial barriers do not prevent people from lower-income backgrounds from pursuing careers in the cultural sector, including comedy.

Question reference: S7W-03843

Asked by: Lloyd Melville, MSP for Angus South, Scottish National Party
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 September 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 28 October 2026

To ask the Scottish Government when it will set out its final position on whether to give local authorities Compulsory Sale Order powers.

Question reference: S7W-03846

Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 September 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 28 October 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has published an easy read version of the Programme for Government 2026-31.

Question reference: S7W-03788

Asked by: Andrew Baxter, MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 September 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 28 October 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what arrangements are in place to cover any injury, public liability and loss of, or damage to, equipment when land managers, contractors and volunteers assist with wildfire response on land beyond their own holdings, and whether it will work with responding organisations and insurers to address any gaps in that protection.

Question reference: S7W-03782

Asked by: Jamie Langan, MSP for South Scotland, Reform UK
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 September 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 28 October 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of proposals in Northern Ireland, which would require sellers and suppliers of puppies, and sellers of kittens under six months of age, to register with their local council, and what consideration it has given to establishing such a requirement in Scotland.

Question reference: S7W-03798

Asked by: Martyn Day, MSP for Falkirk East and Linlithgow, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 September 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 28 October 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it and Scottish Enterprise have undertaken on the viability of Project Willow proposals in relation to changes in (a) hydrogen costs, (b) feedstock availability and (c) the UK policy and regulatory framework.