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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: S6W-43552

Asked by: Marie McNair, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 February 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 17 February 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what work it is undertaking to improve waiting list times for online schooling resources for young people with severe anxiety linked to medical diagnoses.

Question reference: S6O-05417

Asked by: Marie McNair, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 January 2026
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 January 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to promote the take-up of Pension Age Disability Payment.

Question reference: S6W-42630

Asked by: Marie McNair, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 December 2025
Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Jenni Minto on 17 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what action it is taking to ensure that patients with cholangiocarcinoma can access the genomic testing needed to access Scottish Medicines Consortium approved precision therapies.

I am pleased to announce that the Scottish Government will support the initial implementation of much-needed testing for cholangiocarcinoma, with funding to be released in December and reassurance from NHS National Services Division (NSD), the national commissioner of genomic testing in NHS Scotland, that this will be available to patients across Scotland from February 2026.

This is a single test for a relatively rare form of cancer. However, I want to assure you that the Scottish Government is fully committed to improving access to the full range of genomic testing needed and to building the foundations required to allow Scotland to take full advantage of developments in genomic medicine, including data and digital infrastructure and skilled workforce requirements. This is part of our long-term approach to deliver bold and ambitious action to reform and renew our health and care systems in Scotland within a fiscal position that remains extremely challenging.

Question reference: S6O-05294

Asked by: Marie McNair, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 December 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 December 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how it is supporting Forestry and Land Scotland to protect the Kilpatrick Hills.

Question reference: S6F-04525

Asked by: Marie McNair, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 08 December 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 December 2025

To ask the First Minister what assessment the Scottish Government has made of the potential implications for its work to eradicate child poverty in Scotland of the UK Government’s child poverty strategy.

Question reference: S6O-05155

Asked by: Marie McNair, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 November 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to encourage businesses to implement the real Living Wage, in light of reports that Scotland's level of real Living Wage employers is, proportionately, five times that of the UK as a whole.

Question reference: S6O-05149

Asked by: Marie McNair, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 November 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government when it last met with COSLA or the education trade unions to discuss concerns about the presence of asbestos in school buildings.

Question reference: S6O-05115

Asked by: Marie McNair, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 October 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 November 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, regarding its plans for mitigation, how the UK Government’s two-child benefit cap is impacting children in Clydebank and Milngavie.

Question reference: S6W-41027

Asked by: Marie McNair, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 03 October 2025
Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 17 October 2025

To ask the Scottish Government, regarding any impact on child poverty in Scotland, what its estimate is of the number of households in Scotland affected by the UK Government's two-child benefit cap.

The latest official two-child limit statistics show that in April 2025 there were 29,340 households in Scotland affected by the policy.

Over time, the number of households affected by the two-child limit will increase. Scottish Government microsimulation modelling published in March 2025 estimated that our planned mitigation of the two-child limit will result in 20,000 fewer children living in relative poverty in Scotland in 2026-27.

We continue to press the UK Government to remove the two-child limit at source; the limit withheld an estimated cumulative total of £377 million by the end of 2024-25 from Scottish households according to our analysis.

Question reference: S6O-04913

Asked by: Marie McNair, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 September 2025
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 September 2025

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how it is supporting adults with ADHD to access medication.

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