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: S5O-01515
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 November 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 30 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what level of input it had to the design of the Asylum Accommodation and Support Services Contract, which was issued for tender by the UK Government on 21 November 2017.
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Question reference: S5F-01732
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 November 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 November 2017
To be taken in Chamber.
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Question reference: S5F-01702
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 November 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 November 2017
To be taken in Chamber.
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Question reference: S5F-01653
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 30 October 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 2 November 2017
To be taken in Chamber.
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Question reference: S5O-01378
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 October 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 2 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what research it has carried out or commissioned on the likely impact on Scotland of the UK leaving the EU, and whether it will publish this.
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Question reference: S5F-01626
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 23 October 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 October 2017
To be taken in Chamber.
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Question reference: S5O-01347
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 October 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 25 October 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact on people in Scotland of the UK Government's extended benefit cap.
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Question reference: S5W-11851
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 05 October 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 11 October 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what the timescale is for the next revision of the National Planning Framework.
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Question reference: S5F-01566
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 25 September 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 September 2017
Question to be taken in Chamber.
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Question reference: S5W-11148
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 21 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government (a) whether and (b) for what reason the (i) repairing standard, (ii) tolerable standard, (iii) Scottish housing quality standard and (iv) Scottish social housing charter applies to asylum accommodation in Scotland managed by Serco as part of its Compass contract with the Home Office.
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