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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-25637

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 May 2015
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 5 June 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what its definition of brownfield sites is in the context of open cast coal and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.

Question reference: S4T-01049

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Monday, 01 June 2015
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 2 June 2015

To ask the Scottish Government how it is responding to the “serious risk” of “international disrepute” if it continues to miss annual climate change targets.

Question reference: S4O-04424

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 28 May 2015
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 June 2015

To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body whether its practices comply with the Open Data Strategy published by the Scottish Government and what action it will take to address the issues that it raises.

Question reference: S4F-02793

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Monday, 11 May 2015
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 14 May 2015

To ask the First Minister whether the Scottish Government has made an assessment of the likely impact on Scotland of a £12 billion reduction in the UK welfare system.

Question reference: S4O-04280

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 April 2015
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 May 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the transport recommendations made by the Committee on Climate Change in its 2015 progress report.

Question reference: S4W-25031

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Friday, 20 March 2015
Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 20 April 2015

To ask the Scottish Government when it will receive the final report from the University of Stirling on the research that it commissioned on the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Act 2012; whether the report will be published in full, and, if so, on what date.

Researchers at The University of Stirling are currently working on the final report from their evaluation of Section 1 of the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Act 2012. The Scottish Government is still to receive a final completed report. However, the research will be published in full, in time to meet the statutory deadline set by Parliament.

Question reference: S4T-00957

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Monday, 02 March 2015
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 March 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what concerns it has regarding reports that an anti-Muslim demonstration is to be called by the organisation, Pegida Scotland.

Question reference: S4O-04054

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 February 2015
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 February 2015

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the First Minister's comment that there should be “zero tolerance” on tax avoidance, what policy changes it plans to make.

Question reference: S4O-04026

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 February 2015
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 February 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the privacy concerns raised by the Open Rights Group regarding the proposed amendments to the National Health Service Central Register (Scotland) Regulations 2006.

Question reference: S4W-24008

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 January 2015
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 22 January 2015

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the Smith Commission's recommendation that onshore oil and gas licensing be devolved, what its role will be with the 14th Landward Licensing Round.

The Scottish Government is supportive of the devolution of these energy powers to Scotland and we will work jointly with the UK Government to take forward The Smith Commission recommendations in full and as quickly as possible. However, onshore oil and gas licensing is currently a matter reserved to the UK Parliament and the Scottish Government has had no role in the 14th Landward Licensing Round.