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: S7W-02375
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 10 August 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 7 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government when any new tonnage is expected to be introduced on the Gourock to Dunoon ferry service.
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Question reference: S7W-02401
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 10 August 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 7 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a progress report on the creation of a comprehensive, robust and scalable national genomic medicine service, as set out in the Genomic Medicine Strategy 2024-2029.
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Question reference: S7W-02398
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 10 August 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 7 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the procurement and delivery of a single national Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) for NHS Scotland, and which NHS boards' laboratories are now operating on the chosen national LIMS platform.
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Question reference: S7W-02365
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 10 August 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 7 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide the number of (a) scheduled sailings and (b) sailings actually provided on CalMac's Gourock to Dunoon ferry service between March 2025 and March 2026, and what the reasons were for any variance between the two.
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Question reference: S7W-02380
- Asked by: David Barratt, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 10 August 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 7 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its pre-election statements and manifesto commitment to introduce anti-SLAPP legislation in Scotland, what progress has been made in preparing, and when it expects to introduce, such legislation.
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Question reference: S7W-02388
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 10 August 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 7 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government how many Scottish-domiciled medical student places have been funded in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S7W-02367
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 10 August 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 7 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what is the annual subsidy requirement associated with providing CalMac’s Gourock to Dunoon ferry service in each year since 2024.
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Question reference: S7W-02383
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 10 August 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 7 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what is its response to the conclusion of the report Scottish Government Bonds and Investing in Ourselves that its wholesale bonds programme will result in approximately £170 million leaking out of the Scottish economy.
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Question reference: S7W-02410
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 10 August 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 7 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the cost of extending eligibility for the Young Patients Family Fund to those children and young people with cancer who receive day-patient treatment.
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Question reference: S7W-02391
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 10 August 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 7 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government how much NHS Scotland has spent on the recruitment and employment of internationally recruited staff in each year since 1999.
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