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-40591
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 1 October 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what meetings (a) ministers and (b) officials have held with stakeholders regarding the theft of global positioning system (GPS) units from farm machinery in each of the last five years, and what the outcomes were.
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Question reference: S6W-40580
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 1 October 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that the University of Aberdeen is considering suspending the student intake for its Diploma in Dental Technology programme for (a) 2025-26 and (b) 2026-27.
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Question reference: S6W-40576
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 1 October 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what support is available to patients who have to travel to access treatment at one of the three specialist endometriosis centres.
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Question reference: S6W-40564
- Asked by: Martin Whitfield, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 1 October 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether ministers have met (a) Rolls-Royce SMR, (b) Westinghouse and (c) other international nuclear power developers to discuss potential investment in Scotland, and, if so, what the outcome was.
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Question reference: S6W-40590
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 1 October 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how many thefts of global positioning system (GPS) units from farm machinery have been recorded in each of the last five years, broken down by the estimated total value of these units, and how many subsequent (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there have been.
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Question reference: S6W-40571
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 September 2025
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answer expected on 1 October 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to Science for Sustainable Agriculture’s report, Food Security – Outlook to 2025.
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Question reference: S6W-40574
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 1 October 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-38373 by Gillian Martin on 17 June 2025, whether it will provide an update on its plans to review and revise the guidance regarding the exceptional circumstances in which it is permissible for storm overflows to spill.
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Question reference: S6W-40566
- Asked by: Martin Whitfield, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 1 October 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what economic assessment it has made of the number of supply-chain contracts that Scotland-based firms could be awarded if new nuclear power capacity was developed in the country.
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Question reference: S6W-40562
- Asked by: Martin Whitfield, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 1 October 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of other parts of the UK reportedly pursuing new nuclear power projects, what calculation it has carried out of the potential economic impact on Scotland of it not doing so.
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Question reference: S6W-40561
- Asked by: Martin Whitfield, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 September 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 1 October 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what economic modelling it has carried out regarding the potential contribution of new nuclear power generation in Scotland to GDP growth.
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