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-42663
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 December 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 14 January 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether any of its ministers have met with Offshore Solutions Group Limited in each year since 2021, and, if so, whether it will provide details of such meetings.
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Question reference: S6W-42647
- Asked by: Emma Harper, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 December 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 14 January 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its plans to use technological innovation to improve ophthalmology services and reduce waiting lists for glaucoma treatment.
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Question reference: S6W-42668
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 December 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 14 January 2026
To ask the Scottish Government how many instances of predation of livestock by white-tailed eagles were reported to its agencies in each year since 2021.
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Question reference: S6W-42662
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 December 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 14 January 2026
To ask the Scottish Government how it measures the efficacy of its investment in rainforest restoration through the Nature Restoration Fund.
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Question reference: S6W-42644
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 December 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 14 January 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-42212 by Neil Gray on 5 December 2025, what data is currently captured by integration authorities that “evidences the value that effective and efficient community equipment and adaptation provision makes to the delivery of key service goals”; where this is published, and how it is communicated to all stakeholders, including service users, carers and equipment providers.
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Question reference: S6W-42650
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 December 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 14 January 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the establishment of an independent national whistleblowing office for education and children’s services.
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Question reference: S6O-05345
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 December 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 January 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what impact recent recruitment initiatives have had on staffing levels across NHS Scotland.
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Question reference: S6O-05346
- Asked by: Karen Adam, MSP for Banffshire and Buchan Coast, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 December 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 January 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what guidance it provides to local roads authorities on maintaining public safety on local roads and pavements in winter, including decisions on street lighting, footway treatment and local grit provision.
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Question reference: S6O-05343
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 December 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 January 2026
To ask the Scottish Government when it last discussed the purchase of Ardrossan Harbour with Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd.
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Question reference: S6O-05339
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Independent
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 December 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 January 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what action it will take to prevent starvation and suffering among the sheep on St Kilda.
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