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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-02403
- 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 arrangements will be in place from January 2027 to oversee and drive improvements in cancer care for children and young people, should a successor to Collaborative and Compassionate Cancer Care: Cancer Strategy for Children and Young People 2021-2026 not be in place when that strategy concludes.
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Question reference: S7W-02400
- 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 progress has been made in delivering the genomic laboratory transformation programme.
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Question reference: S7W-02373
- 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 the anticipated (a) passenger capacity and (b) capital cost are of any new vessels for the Gourock to Dunoon ferry route.
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Question reference: S7W-02396
- Asked by: Lorna Slater, MSP for Edinburgh Central, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 10 August 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 7 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the UK Government’s update to the National Transport Strategy, Better Connected, which included a commitment to update the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016, whether it will consider issuing guidance to allow Scottish local authorities to install ‘paint only’ side road zebra crossings to improve safety of walking and wheeling, following the example of guidance issued by the Welsh Government in April 2026.
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Question reference: S7W-02366
- 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 how many sailings on CalMac's Gourock to Dunoon ferry service carried (a) zero passengers, (b) fewer than 12 passengers, (c) between 13 and 24 passengers, (d) between 25 and 36 passengers, (e) between 37 and 48 passengers, and (f) 49 or more passengers, between March 2025 and March 2026.
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Question reference: S7W-02369
- 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 sailings provided and the number of passengers carried on CalMac's Gourock to Dunoon ferry service during the April to June quarter in (a) 2024, (b) 2025 and (c) 2026.
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Question reference: S7W-02364
- 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 discussions it has had with ScotRail in light of the Gourock to Dunoon ferry service temporarily running as a single vessel service between 2 September 2026 and 25 March 2027.
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Question reference: S7W-02374
- 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 construction contracts for new vessels for the Gourock to Dunoon ferry route will be awarded directly to Ferguson Marine (Port Glasgow) Ltd.
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Question reference: S7W-02379
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 10 August 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 7 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-43897 by Angus Robertson on 4 March 2026, whether it will set out in detail what progress it has made over the past five months in actively exploring options to ensure that listed places of worship in Scotland are not disproportionately affected by the withdrawal of UK-wide VAT relief.
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Question reference: S7W-02404
- 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 times officials have met with the Managed Clinical Network for Children and Young People with Cancer in 2026 to date, and what progress has been made towards developing a successor to Collaborative and Compassionate Cancer Care: Cancer Strategy for Children and Young People 2021-2026.
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