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
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Question reference: S6W-39573
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 August 2025
- Current Status: Answered by Jim Fairlie on 4 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-38187 by Jim Fairlie on 17 June 2025 and in relation to the Air Discount Scheme, which is due to expire on 31 March 2026, whether it will consider including business travel in the Air Discount Scheme when it is renewed by a new notification under the UK subsidy control scheme, in light of reports that the subsidy control scheme would not prohibit the inclusion of business travel.
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Question reference: S6W-40315
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 18 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has with NHS Scotland regarding access to the drug, Vorasidenib, for the treatment of brain tumours, including ensuring that there is sufficient funding available; in which NHS boards this treatment is presently offered, and how it will ensure that all patients in Scotland with brain tumours have an equal opportunity to access it.
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Question reference: S6W-40323
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 18 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how it ensures that all patients with brain tumours have equal access to drug treatments, regardless of where they live.
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Question reference: S6W-40319
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 18 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has had with the UK Government regarding the Rare Cancers Bill, which is currently being considered by the UK Parliament.
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Question reference: S6W-40324
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 18 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what barriers it has identified in relation to ensuring that brain tumour patients have equal access to drug treatments, regardless of where they live.
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Question reference: S6W-40318
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 18 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide core funding for essential roles on brain tumour research, such as clinical research nurses and data analysts.
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Question reference: S6W-40317
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 18 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how it supports the expansion of research capacity into brain tumours.
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Question reference: S6W-40316
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 18 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how it supports collaborative research on brain tumours.
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Question reference: S6W-40320
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 18 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what financial support is available to brain tumour patients.
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Question reference: S6W-39554
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 July 2025
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 25 August 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) agricultural, (b) forestry and (c) fishing businesses closed down in (i) 2023-24, (ii) 2024-25 and (iii) 2025-26 to date.
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