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-38661
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 June 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how many houses have been built or renovated through the (a) Rural and (b) Islands Housing Fund in each year of its operation.
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Question reference: S6W-38673
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 June 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what funding has been allocated to the cladding remediation programme to date, and how much of this funding has been spent.
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Question reference: S6W-38387
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 June 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-02239 by Roseanna Cunningham on 20 September 2016, which states that the Scottish Law Commission had agreed to consider the Division of Commonties Act 1695 as part of its work on statute law repeals, what the outcome was of that work.
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Question reference: S6W-38692
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 June 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-22416 by Patrick Harvie on 8 November 2023, which stakeholders it (a) has subsequently had and (b) plans to have discussions with on this topic.
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Question reference: S6W-38691
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 June 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-22415 by Patrick Harvie on 8 November 2023, what discussions it has subsequently had with Historic Environment Scotland on this topic.
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Question reference: S6W-38663
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 June 2025
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason Improving Public Access grants, which were suspended in 2022, are reportedly not going to be included in the Tier 3 rural payments scheme.
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Question reference: S6W-38671
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 June 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that almost 1,500 buildings remain "at risk" due to unsafe cladding, eight years after the Grenfell Tower fire.
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Question reference: S6W-38670
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 June 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what contingency plans it has in place to maintain legal representation services in the event of industrial action by the Solicitor Contact Line.
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Question reference: S6W-38013
- Asked by: Martin Whitfield, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 June 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, as part of its work to further the case for Scottish independence, whether it has (a) sought and (b) received any legal advice on its potential ability to allow an independent Scotland to avoid any border checks with the rest of the UK while applying EU single market rules, and, if so, whether it will publish any such advice.
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Question reference: S6W-38658
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 June 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 26 June 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment has been made of the potential impact of prior notification and lotting decisions within the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill on individuals employed by landowners on landholdings impacted by the legislation.
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