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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-44223
- 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, and in light of reported concerns that conflicts in Ukraine, Iran and elsewhere in the world will continue and other conflicts may start, what its position is on whether there should be more gas storage in Scotland and the rest of Great Britain, and what quantity of gas storage it considers would be sufficient.
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Question reference: S6W-44367
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 March 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 25 March 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-43887 by Gillian Martin on 5 March 2026, what steps it is taking to work with trade unions to promote Fair Work principles in private contracts for domestic (a) production, (b) transmission and (c) distribution of offshore renewable energy.
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Question reference: S6W-44355
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 March 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 25 March 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-44120 by Angela Constance on 10 March 2026, in light of paragraph 12.1 of the paper, Report on the Roles and Functions of the Scottish Law Officers, which states that the “research is intended to inform the preparation of a future consultation by the Scottish Government on the roles and functions of the Scottish Law Officers", by what date this research will commence and its findings will be published.
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Question reference: S6W-44362
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 March 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 25 March 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that some landlords applying to the First Tier Tribunal (Housing and Property Chamber) to seek an eviction order face at least a six-month wait for their case to be heard.
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Question reference: S6W-44352
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 March 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 25 March 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what oversight it has of commercial partnerships between local authorities and technology providers in schools, including any safeguards to ensure that educational priorities and pupil wellbeing are protected.
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Question reference: S6W-44383
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 March 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 25 March 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to prepare a public sector bid for the the Northern Isles Ferry Services 4 (NIFS4) contract, which is due to start on 1 July 2028, in line with Regulation 29 (Restricted Procedure) of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
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Question reference: S6W-44371
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 March 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 25 March 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-43887 by Gillian Martin on 5 March 2026, what financial support it is currently providing to SSE plc and its subsidiaries, including (a) SSEN Transmission and (b) SSEN Distribution.
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Question reference: S6W-44350
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 March 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 25 March 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has issued any guidance to local authorities on appropriate levels of screen use for primary school pupils in classroom settings.
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Question reference: S6W-44358
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 March 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 25 March 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it has taken to ensure that lessons have been learned from concerns raised by families regarding prescribing practices for immunosuppressant patients in paediatric services at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.
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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.
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