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-00453
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 November 2016
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 December 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what impact it expects its tax policies to have on inequality of wealth and income.
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Question reference: S5O-00404
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 November 2016
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 30 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what improvements it considers necessary to the provision of abortion in Scotland.
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Question reference: S5F-00531
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 21 November 2016
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 November 2016
To ask the First Minister when the Cabinet will next meet.
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Question reference: S5W-04489
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 16 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-03223 by Keith Brown on 1 November 2016, whether it will provide the information that was requested regarding what action it is taking to improve the availability of its data on (a) the balance of trade and (b) (i) primary and (ii) secondary incomes.
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Question reference: S5F-00492
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 November 2016
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 November 2016
To ask the First Minister when the Cabinet will next meet.
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Question reference: S5W-04106
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 9 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been made ill after consuming raw milk cheese in each year since 2010, also broken down by the (a) type of illness and (b) pathogen that was identified.
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Question reference: S5W-04071
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 8 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact on (a) housing markets, (b) antisocial behaviour and (c) tourism of short-term letting platforms such as Airbnb.
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Question reference: S5W-04072
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 4 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what support it provides to local authorities to ensure that they have sufficient flexibility to tailor their approaches to dealing with the issues arising from the growth of short-term letting platforms such as Airbnb.
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Question reference: S5W-04074
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 4 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the recommendation of the Scottish HIV PrEP Short Life Working Group that people at the highest risk of HIV are provided with the option of pre-exposure prophylaxis to protect them from becoming HIV positive.
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Question reference: S5W-04075
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 October 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 4 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to the regulatory approaches taken in other countries to deal with the growth of short-term letting platforms such as Airbnb.
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