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
Urgent Questions aren't included in the Question and Answers search. There is a SPICe fact sheet listing Urgent and emergency questions.
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Question reference: S6W-39669
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 31 July 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 28 August 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the UK Government's announcement that it will not pursue plans for zonal energy prices, what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding this, including how it might support local authorities that might wish to pursue the possibility of a local energy rate.
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Question reference: S6W-39668
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 31 July 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 28 August 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to improve early detection for liver damage and cancer, in light of the findings in the Lancet Commission’s research on liver cancer.
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Question reference: S6W-39641
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 31 July 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 28 August 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how many cases of bankruptcy were declared in the past five years, broken down by local authority area.
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Question reference: S6W-39686
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 31 July 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 28 August 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what urgent action it is taking to disrupt the supply of valium-type drugs containing lethal compounds.
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Question reference: S6W-39673
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Independent
- Date lodged: Thursday, 31 July 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 28 August 2025
To ask the Scottish Government who has been appointed to the Evidence Review on Chronic Pain, which is being handled by the Pain Management Task Force; what the remit of the review is, and when the findings will be published.
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Question reference: S6W-39684
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 31 July 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 28 August 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made of the economic opportunity cost of its reported anti-nuclear policy since 2016.
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Question reference: S6W-39605
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 31 July 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 28 August 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what representations it has made to the UK Government regarding (a) the regulation of prices and (b) supply chains for (i) heating oil and (ii) liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) serving rural communities in Scotland since 1 January 2020, and what response it has received.
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Question reference: S6W-39607
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 31 July 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 28 August 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what contingency arrangements it has in place to support households that are reliant on (a) heating oil and (b) liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in the event of supply disruptions during winter 2025-26.
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Question reference: S6W-39640
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 31 July 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 28 August 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how much was spent on local authority housing, including for repairs and new housebuilding, in the North Ayrshire local authority area, in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S6W-39679
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 31 July 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 28 August 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will introduce drug testing of public waste water to better map so-called "hot spots".
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