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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-02287
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 August 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 2 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the Clyde Cod Targeted Science Programme, for what reason a memorandum of understanding was entered into that allows one stakeholder, the Clyde Fishermen's Association, to formalise a preference regarding the marine scientists appointed to the programme.
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Question reference: S7W-02299
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 August 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 2 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the commitment in the 2026 Scottish National Party manifesto to enact a statutory price cap on essential food items, what its response is to the comments reportedly made by the Scottish Retail Consortium and published in The Herald on 3 August 2026 that such a policy would not address the root cause of food price inflation and could lead to a wider range of products, and indeed sectors, being similarly targeted.
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Question reference: S7W-02284
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 August 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 2 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding commercial fishing activity in Scottish inshore waters, whether it will provide the name and membership information of all the fishery (a) working groups, (b) co-management groups, (c) research groups and (d) management bodies, which are both informal or formally constituted, whose membership includes representatives of commercial fishing industry, scientists and/or Scottish Government officials and which are currently operating or have operated since 2020.
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Question reference: S7W-02293
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 August 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 2 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will commit to a dedicated cancer strategy for children and young people, to follow the Collaborative and Compassionate Cancer Care strategy and how it will ensure the continued delivery of the strategy's aims, once it reaches the end of its lifecycle in 2026.
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Question reference: S7W-02291
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 August 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 2 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the Clyde Cod Targeted Science Programme Working Group, what issues were discussed and recorded in the minutes at the inception meeting held before the end of February 2026, as referred to in the memorandum of understanding.
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Question reference: S7W-02285
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 August 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 2 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the Clyde Cod Targeted Science Programme, for what reason the Clyde Fishermen's Association was the only stakeholder to be party to a memorandum of understanding with Scottish Ministers.
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Question reference: S7W-02290
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 August 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 2 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the Clyde Cod Targeted Science Programme, when the memorandum of understanding with the Clyde Fishermen's Association was signed by Scottish Ministers, in light of the published document being dated 1 April 2026, which was during the election purdah period.
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Question reference: S7W-02283
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 August 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 2 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to publish the consultation on proposed fisheries management measures for inshore Marine Protected Areas and Priority Marine Features, and whether it will provide stakeholders with advance sight of the consultation documents before publication.
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Question reference: S7W-02277
- Asked by: Kayleigh Kinross-O'Neill, MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Green Party
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Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 August 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 2 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reported concerns regarding the health impact of increasing temperatures in Scotland during the summer months and the higher prevalence of wildfires affecting local air quality, what (a) preparedness plans are in place and (b) engagement has been had with (i) NHS Scotland and (ii) third sector organisation partners.
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Question reference: S7W-02273
- Asked by: Kayleigh Kinross-O'Neill, MSP for Edinburgh and Lothians East, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 August 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 2 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government when it expects a Seabird Compensation Plan to be submitted by the developer of Berwick Bank offshore windfarm to Scottish Ministers for approval as required by the section 36 consent, and what consultation will be carried out as part of the consideration of any such plan.
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