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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-42644
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 December 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 14 January 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-42212 by Neil Gray on 5 December 2025, what data is currently captured by integration authorities that “evidences the value that effective and efficient community equipment and adaptation provision makes to the delivery of key service goals”; where this is published, and how it is communicated to all stakeholders, including service users, carers and equipment providers.
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Question reference: S6W-42652
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 December 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 14 January 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of Scotland’s 2045 target to balance climate-warming pollution that is emitted with what can be removed from the atmosphere, whether it will provide an update on how it plans to scale up education and training provision for green jobs in order to deliver that target.
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Question reference: S6W-42667
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 December 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 14 January 2026
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding from the Sea Eagle Management Scheme was awarded to applicants in each year since 2021.
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Question reference: S6W-42669
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 December 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 14 January 2026
To ask the Scottish Government how it measures the efficacy of its Sea Eagle Management Scheme.
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Question reference: S6W-42639
- Asked by: Lorna Slater, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 December 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 14 January 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether the fundamental review of the adaptations system, as set out in its Housing to 2040 strategy, will take account of the needs of (a) minority ethnic communities, (b) other groups with protected characteristics and (c) the demands of an increasing ageing population, and when an update on the recommendations to improve the system will be published.
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Question reference: S6W-42671
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 December 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 14 January 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-29052 by Jim Fairlie on 27 August 2024, whether it will provide an update of the number of licence applications that NatureScot received for the culling of (a) greylag, (b) pink-footed and (c) Canada geese in (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2025-26, broken down by local authority area.
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Question reference: S6W-42665
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 December 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 14 January 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how much of the £150 million that it announced on 12 December 2024 to "support the growth of the offshore wind sector" has been distributed, broken down by how much each organisation has received.
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Question reference: S6W-42640
- Asked by: Lorna Slater, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 December 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 14 January 2026
To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish the responses to its consultation, Enhancing the accessibility, adaptability and usability of Scotland’s homes, which closed on 21 December 2023.
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Question reference: S6W-42663
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 December 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 14 January 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether any of its ministers have met with Offshore Solutions Group Limited in each year since 2021, and, if so, whether it will provide details of such meetings.
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Question reference: S6W-42647
- Asked by: Emma Harper, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 December 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 14 January 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its plans to use technological innovation to improve ophthalmology services and reduce waiting lists for glaucoma treatment.
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