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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: S4W-28204

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 29 October 2015
Current Status: Answered by Aileen McLeod on 10 November 2015

To ask the Scottish Government how many times the Minister for Environment, Climate and Land Reform has met UK ministers to discuss each of the 2015 UN Framework Convention on Climate Change meetings that were held in Bonn.

Question reference: S4W-28201

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 29 October 2015
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 9 November 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made with the Scottish Smart Grid Sector Strategy since its launch in 2012.

Question reference: S4O-04794

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 November 2015
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 12 November 2015

To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what action it takes to address staff welfare issues related to winter weather.

Question reference: S4W-27937

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 October 2015
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 2 November 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the report by the investigations company, Kroll, that all but one of the limited partnerships referred to in its recent report on Moldovan bank fraud and money laundering had a registered place of business in Scotland.

Question reference: S4W-27936

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 October 2015
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 2 November 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what action it takes to ensure that the transparency of the ownership of limited partnerships is sufficient, and what its position is on whether reform is necessary to (a) enhance this and (b) ensure that these partnerships cannot be used as vehicles for money laundering.

Question reference: S4O-04706

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 October 2015
Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 28 October 2015

To ask the Scottish Government how the independent review of planning will increase community participation in such decisions.

Question reference: S4W-27935

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 October 2015
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 27 October 2015

To ask the Scottish Government how many limited partnerships have been registered in each year since 2008, and what its position is on the trend.

Figures for limited partnerships can be found in the Companies House annual publication Companies Register Activities 2014-2015. Please see Table E2 at the link below for figures from 2010-11 to 2014-15: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/companies-register-activities-statistical-release-20142015

For figures prior to 2010-11, previous reports can be found at the link below: http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20141104103730/http://www.companieshouse.gov.uk/about/companiesRegActivities.shtml

The Scottish Government is aware that there has been a significant rise in the number of limited partnerships registered in Scotland.

The creation, operation, regulation and dissolution of business, are matters reserved to the UK Government.

Question reference: S4F-03020

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Monday, 26 October 2015
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 October 2015

To ask the First Minister what proportion of the labour force has a secure job that pays at least the living wage.

Question reference: S4W-27459

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Monday, 14 September 2015
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 8 October 2015

To ask the Scottish Government when it will provide a substantive answer to question S4W-26767, which received a holding answer on 17 August 2015, and what the reason is for the delay in providing such an answer.

Question reference: S4W-27457

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Monday, 14 September 2015
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 29 September 2015

To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to gather evidence to inform its (a) public health impact assessment, (b) work to strengthen planning guidance and (c) tightening of environmental regulation as noted in its news release of 28 January 2015, Moratorium called on fracking.