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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-44224

Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Independent
Date lodged: Thursday, 12 March 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 25 March 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, regarding any implications for its energy policy, whether it has considered the adequacy of gas storage facilities in Scotland and the rest of Great Britain, and, if so, what action it has taken on this matter since 2021.

Question reference: S6W-44227

Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Independent
Date lodged: Thursday, 12 March 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 25 March 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, regarding any implications for its energy policy, what its response is to reports that Great Britain's electricity grid nearly experienced a blackout on 8 January 2025, during a period of low wind power generation and high demand due to a cold snap, which resulted in emergency balancing costs of up to £23 million, mostly paid to gas generators, and, in light of Great Britain's gas storage capacity reportedly being equivalent to less than two days' supply, what its position is on whether this increases the risk of (a) higher balancing costs and (b) brownouts and blackouts occurring.

Question reference: S6W-44222

Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Independent
Date lodged: Thursday, 12 March 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 25 March 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, regarding any implications for its energy policy, what its response is to reports that Great Britain's current gas storage capacity is equivalent to less than two days' supply, and what its position is on whether this is sufficient.

Question reference: S6W-44320

Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Independent
Date lodged: Thursday, 12 March 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 25 March 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any impact of its local government funding settlement on the condition of roads and bridges across the Highland Council area, in light of the reported repair backlog.

Question reference: S6W-44221

Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Independent
Date lodged: Thursday, 12 March 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 25 March 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, regarding any implications for its energy policy, what representations it has made to the UK Government since 2021 regarding the sufficiency of gas storage capacity in the UK.

Question reference: S6W-44318

Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Independent
Date lodged: Thursday, 12 March 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 25 March 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the comments of the Permanent Secretary at the Finance and Public Administration Committee's meeting on 10 March 2026, whether it will confirm what its policy is in respect of the number of days that civil servants are expected to attend their place of work; what monitoring of this policy should be undertaken, and what its position is on whether this policy is being observed.

Question reference: S6W-44316

Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Independent
Date lodged: Thursday, 12 March 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 25 March 2026

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will make any further announcements regarding the A9 dualling project before the end of the current parliamentary session.

Question reference: S6W-44321

Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Independent
Date lodged: Thursday, 12 March 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 25 March 2026

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether there should be (a) major reform of the NHS, and, if so, in what ways and (b) a reduction in the number of NHS boards and other health bodies.

Question reference: S6W-44322

Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Independent
Date lodged: Thursday, 12 March 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 25 March 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the comment by the First Minister on 6 November 2025 regarding Cameron Barracks that "the starting point for any consideration of the matter must be substantive engagement [with the UK Government] on the issues of substance so that members of the public in the Inverness area, the Highland Council and the Scottish Government can come to a conclusion on a matter that must be addressed", whether such engagement has now taken place and, if so, what information it has received.

Question reference: S6W-44325

Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Independent
Date lodged: Thursday, 12 March 2026
Current Status: Answer expected on 25 March 2026

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the comment by the First Minister on 6 November 2025 regarding Cameron Barracks, whether it has had any correspondence with the UK Government in relation to the facility since 1 January 2026 and, if so, whether it will publish this, including providing copies of correspondence for the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe).