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-39733
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 August 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 1 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government to what extent Kaldor's growth laws are considered in its policies for economic growth and industrial development.
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Question reference: S6W-39712
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 August 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 1 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will commission a new design options appraisal for the cancelled Edinburgh Airport Rail Link (EARL) project as a means of providing a direct heavy rail connection between Edinburgh Airport and Glasgow Queen Street Station.
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Question reference: S6W-39729
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 August 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 1 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government which region of Scotland has the (a) fastest and (b) slowest broadband connection speeds, and what its investment plans are to ensure that all parts of the country can access reliable, high-speed connections.
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Question reference: S6W-39720
- Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 August 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 1 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the work that it is doing to determine whether it will introduce a standalone offence of non-fatal strangulation.
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Question reference: S6W-39710
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 August 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 1 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government at what time the last ScotRail service of the day on each route (a) currently departs and (b) departed in 2019.
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Question reference: S6W-39730
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 August 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 1 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how many train journeys have been cancelled for non-weather-related reasons in (a) 2025 to date and (b) each of the past five years, and what compensation was offered to passengers.
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Question reference: S6W-39717
- Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 August 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 1 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the £756 million in ScotWind option fees that it has received, how much of this revenue has been used to date and for what purposes.
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Question reference: S6W-39722
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 August 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 1 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will ensure that the contractual commitment of around £70 million that is reportedly still outstanding on the Glasgow Subway modernisation project is fully funded so that the key milestone of achieving unattended train operation by the third quarter of 2026 is achieved.
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Question reference: S6W-39725
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 August 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 1 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to improve recruitment and retention levels among the blood cancer workforce.
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Question reference: S6W-39715
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 August 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 1 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether Scottish Water owns the Glasgow Harbour Tunnel, or only the water main pipe within the tunnel.
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