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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-00913

Asked by: David Linden, MSP for Glasgow Baillieston and Shettleston, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 June 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 24 June 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what recent assessment it has made of the adequacy of the level of training provided to GPs on (a) the treatment and (b) symptoms of postural tachycardia syndrome.

Question reference: S7W-00912

Asked by: David Linden, MSP for Glasgow Baillieston and Shettleston, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 June 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 24 June 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to improve (a) awareness of and (b) access to treatment for postural tachycardia syndrome.

Question reference: S7W-00909

Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 June 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 24 June 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with local authorities and COSLA regarding replicating its Future Planners Programme.

Question reference: S7W-00907

Asked by: Kayleigh Kinross-O'Neill, MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 June 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 24 June 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to reduce waiting times for autism and ADHD assessments in the Edinburgh and Lothians East parliamentary region.

Question reference: S7W-00917

Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 June 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 24 June 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how it will respond to data, which reportedly shows that 85% of emissions from the 2025 Dava Moor megafire resulted from subsurface soil dryness, and whether it will put in place a plan to transition towards large-scale hydrological re-saturation and natural habitat succession in areas vulnerable to wildfire.

Question reference: S7W-00918

Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 June 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 24 June 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of recent research published in Nature Geoscience characterising the 2025 Dava Moor Wildfire as the UK's first megafire, what assessment it has made of the role of landscape-scale engineering by keystone species, such as Eurasian beavers, in creating natural wetlands that serve as systemic, megafire-resistant buffers.

Question reference: S7W-00914

Asked by: David Linden, MSP for Glasgow Baillieston and Shettleston, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 June 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 24 June 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the number of specialist clinicians in Scotland whose area of expertise includes postural tachycardia syndrome.

Question reference: S7W-00916

Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 June 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 24 June 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of recent research published in Nature Geoscience characterising the 2025 Dava Moor Wildfire as the UK's first megafire, what steps it is taking to accelerate large-scale hydrological restoration and peatland re-saturation, outside of existing deep-peat work, to prevent carbon loss during periods of prolonged drought.

Question reference: S7W-00911

Asked by: David Linden, MSP for Glasgow Baillieston and Shettleston, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 June 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 24 June 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what secondary care support is available for NHS patients with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome who are awaiting specialist assessment.

Question reference: S7W-00905

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 June 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 24 June 2026

To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it has provided each month (a) directly and (b) through Transport Scotland to Walking Scotland in each of the last five financial years, and since April 2026.