Questions and answers
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
Urgent Questions aren't included in the Question and Answers search. There is a SPICe fact sheet listing Urgent and emergency questions.
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Question reference: S7W-00322
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government how it proposes to reform the energy consents process, as committed to in the 2026 Scottish National Party manifesto.
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Question reference: S7W-00332
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on delivery of the National GP IT Reprovisioning Programme.
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Question reference: S7W-00291
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to review Section 40 of the Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Act 2014.
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Question reference: S7W-00258
- Asked by: David Green, MSP for Caithness, Sutherland and Ross, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of current gaps in mobile healthcare provision in rural and island communities.
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Question reference: S7W-00297
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the Scottish National Party’s 2026 manifesto commitment to enact a statutory price cap on essential food items in shops, whether it plans to produce detailed guidance for grocery retailers in advance of any cap coming into effect.
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Question reference: S7W-00324
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the £9 million it has allocated to the Mossmorran industrial site over the next three years, when will all payments be made, what outcomes are expected from the payments, what undertakings have been given by the recipients in order to receive the payments and how it has determined that the amount allocated for each is sufficient to deliver the results intended.
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Question reference: S7W-00286
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been remanded to electronically monitored bail by sheriff courts and received a verdict of (a) not guilty, (b) not proceeded against and (c) not proven for the charges for which remanded, and what the (i) mean, (ii) median and (iii) 90th percentile length of time on remand was for such individuals, in each year since 2018.
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Question reference: S7W-00325
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish a full list of the policy areas for which the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Rural Affairs has responsibility.
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Question reference: S7W-00317
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to reduce prohibitive construction costs that may exceed the value of a development when completed.
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Question reference: S7W-00349
- Asked by: David Barratt, MSP for Cowdenbeath, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 May 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government when construction of the new Lochgelly Medical Centre will commence.
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