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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-03673
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 October 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the extent to which the proposed Option 2 fisheries management measures for inshore Marine Protected Areas and Priority Marine Features are expected to contribute to achieving Good Environmental Status for Descriptor 6 (Seafloor Integrity) under the UK Marine Strategy.
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Question reference: S7W-03654
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 October 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, if all the Option 1 measures proposed in the Fisheries Management Measures within Scottish Inshore Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) and Proposed Priority Marine Feature (PMF) Management Areas consultation were adopted for all MPAs, what percentage of Scotland’s inshore waters which are designated as being within the Marine Protected Areas network would be subject to year-round spatial restrictions on (a) all commercial fishing, (b) scallop dredging, (c) nephrops trawling, (d) both scallop dredging and nephrops trawling and (e) creeling.
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Question reference: S7W-03698
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 October 2026
To ask the Scottish Government how many people from the 2025-26 Scottish Graduate Entry Medicine pathway cohort have taken up roles within the NHS in Scotland, broken down by NHS board.
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Question reference: S7W-03697
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 October 2026
To ask the Scottish Government how many students there were in the 2025-26 final year cohort of the Scottish Graduate Entry Medicine pathway.
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Question reference: S7W-03659
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 October 2026
To ask the Scottish Government how many of the recommendations listed in the Strategic Transport Projects Review 2 (a) have been fully implemented, (b) have been partially implemented, (c) are awaiting implementation and (d) have been rejected.
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Question reference: S7W-03660
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 October 2026
To ask the Scottish Government on how many occasions National Entitlement Cards were suspended in (a) 2025 and (b) so far in 2026, broken down by National Entitlement Card scheme.
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Question reference: S7W-03676
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 October 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether Scottish Ministers have participated in any meetings of the Benthic Impacts Working Group, as referenced in Part Three of the UK Marine Strategy, and, if so, whether minutes for those meetings will be published.
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Question reference: S7W-03684
- Asked by: Julie MacDougall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Reform UK
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 October 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will review current rail capacity in Fife and develop a strategy to improve links (a) within Fife and (b) between Fife and Scotland's major cities.
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Question reference: S7W-03677
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 October 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether any Scottish Ministers have participated in meetings of the working group established to manage the effects of fishing on seafloor integrity, as described in the National Marine Plan Review 2021: Three-Year Report on the Effectiveness of Scotland's National Marine Plan, and, if so, whether it will publish the minutes of those meetings.
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Question reference: S7W-03672
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 September 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 October 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the extent to which the proposed Option 1 fisheries management measures for inshore Marine Protected Areas and Priority Marine Features are expected to contribute to achieving Good Environmental Status for Descriptor 6 (Seafloor Integrity) under the UK Marine Strategy.
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