Alex Rowley

24 Feb 2026 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government what progress it is making on tackling the reported critical shortage of social care workers.

16 Feb 2026 · Topical Question

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to new figures on unmet need for palliative care that were published by Marie Curie on 16 February, showing that almost one in three people in Scotland die with unmet palliative care needs.

3 Feb 2026 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to resource the newly announced national housing agency, More Homes Scotland.

5 Jan 2026 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the progress that it is making in supporting the Fife Council-led Mossmorran Taskforce.

10 Dec 2025 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the ongoing reduction to both provision and facilities at the Elmwood campus of Scotland’s Rural College in Cupar, what its position is on the future of the college's base in the North East Fife constituency.

2 Dec 2025 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what action it has taken to support Forth Valley College’s Alloa campus, in light of the recent reported concerns that it may be closed for financial reasons.  

24 Nov 2025 · First Minister's Question

To ask the First Minister, in light of ExxonMobil's announcement of the closure of the Mossmorran ethylene plant, what action the Scottish Government is taking to mitigate any damage this will cause to the Cowdenbeath area and the wider Scottish economy.

17 Nov 2025 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to the availability of land for building social housing, in relation to its Housing to 2040 strategy.

11 Nov 2025 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to address waiting times for gynaecological diagnostic procedures in NHS Fife.

21 Oct 2025 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to address reported rises in waiting times for social care assessments and packages in Fife.

30 Sep 2025 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Government what rights patients have when their local medical centre has been deemed unfit for purpose by their NHS board.  

30 Sep 2025 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the work between the Scottish Traditional Building Forum (STBF) and the City of Edinburgh Council to develop a pathway that includes the Nat 5 Creative Industries courses being embedded in the school timetable to allow pupils to progress interests in a career in the construc…

Answer · Jenny Gilruth: I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-40670 on 30 September 2025.Ministers would be pleased to meet with the Scottish Traditional Building Forum (STBF).All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the se…

23 Sep 2025 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government what the key barriers are to tackling Scotland's housing emergency.

1 Sep 2025 · First Minister's Question

To ask the First Minister, in light of SEPA's warnings of water scarcity over the summer and the introduction of restrictions on water abstraction last week in some areas, including North Fife, what action the Scottish Government is taking to secure water supply in Scotland in the face of changing climate conditions.

26 Aug 2025 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to encourage and support local authorities to empower and enable people and communities to have a greater say over the delivery of local public services.

8 Jul 2025 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has undertaken of any increased fire or major incident risk to communities in and around the Mossmorran petrochemical plant, three Forth bridges, M9 and Rosyth Dockyard in the event that 20 firefighters, a fire appliance and the rope rescue unit are removed from Lochgell…

Answer · Siobhian Brown: The analysis of risk and provision of fire and rescue resources is an operational matter for the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS). The Scottish Government supports SFRS as it carefully considers how to adapt to changing risks to remain an effective and…

8 Jul 2025 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether reducing the number of firefighters from 45 to 25 and the number of fire appliances from two to one and withdrawing the rope rescue unit at Lochgelly Fire Station would improve fire response times or increase any risk to lives, property and businesses.

Answer · Siobhian Brown: I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-39288 on 25 July 2025. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/…

8 Jul 2025 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on how reducing the number of firefighters from 45 to 25 and the number of fire appliances from two to one and withdrawing the rope rescue unit at Lochgelly Fire Station would improve fire cover.

Answer · Siobhian Brown: I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-39288 on 25 July 2025. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/…

27 May 2025 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what support it is providing to teachers to help deal with behaviour in classrooms.

29 Apr 2025 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Scottish Funding Council's College Indicative Funding Allocations 2025-26 and any impact this may have on the funding settlement for Fife College.

22 Apr 2025 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that Lochgelly Fire Station could lose a fire engine and rope rescue unit.

15 Apr 2025 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support young people to access the creative industries.

19 Feb 2025 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what the survival rate of farmed salmon on marine farms was in 2024.

Answer · Mairi Gougeon: The Scottish Government does not collect data on fish survival by calendar year. Each October, Scottish Government publishes a Scottish Fish Farm Production Survey which presents data on survival to harvest within a year class; that is, the fish grown to harv…

18 Feb 2025 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the Fife Health and Social Care Partnership regarding its reported projected overspend of £34.8 million for 2024-25.

31 Jan 2025 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish its response to the Rural Affairs and Islands Committee report, Follow-up inquiry into salmon farming in Scotland, which was published on 17 January 2025.

Answer · Mairi Gougeon: The Scottish Government will submit its response to the Rural Affairs and Islands Committee report, follow- up inquiry into ‘salmon farming in Scotland’ by 14 March 2025, in line with the usual protocol of responding to a Committee report within t…

28 Jan 2025 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Accounts Commission report, Local government in Scotland: Financial bulletin 2023/24, which was published on 28 January 2025.

26 Nov 2024 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what it can do to support access to library services in rural areas.

21 Nov 2024 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what funding it has allocated to improve toilet facilities across the rail network.

Answer · Fiona Hyslop: The Scottish Government provides the necessary funding to ScotRail, Caledonian Sleeper and Network Rail to keep all railway assets, including toilet facilities on trains and at railway stations across Scotland, in a good state of repair.

21 Nov 2024 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the report by the trade union, ASLEF, Dignity for Drivers, including the claim that train drivers do not always have access to safe, clean and dignified toilet facilities, or adequate time to use them, during the course of their working day of up to eight hours; w…

Answer · Fiona Hyslop: The Scottish Government notes the report commissioned by ASLEF and its findings. Every worker should be able to work with dignity and this includes having an access to toilet facilities. The report findings are for train operating companies, as employers to c…

21 Nov 2024 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that free sanitary products are available across the rail network.

Answer · Fiona Hyslop: This is an operational matter for train operating companies and those managing railway stations in Scotland.