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
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Question reference: S4O-02089
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 May 2013
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 May 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how it is reducing the health impacts of poor air quality in cities.
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Question reference: S4W-14305
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 April 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 1 May 2013
To ask the Scottish Government whether a cost-benefit analysis of interventions to reduce vitamin D deficiency in the population will form part of the review by the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition.
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Question reference: S4W-14304
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 April 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 1 May 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what representations it has made to the (a) Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition and (b) National Institute for Health and Care Excellence to ensure that the relevance of Scotland's high latitude is considered in the review of vitamin D.
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Question reference: S4W-14303
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 April 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 1 May 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what update it can provide on the review of vitamin D by the (a) Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition and (b) National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.
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Question reference: S4W-14288
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 April 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 25 April 2013
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-13897 by Nicola Sturgeon on 16 April 2013, whether it will provide a list of each helpline it supports that is operated by a private company and the name of each operating company.
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Question reference: S4W-14239
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 12 April 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 23 April 2013
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its guidance principle, Respect for Human Rights, as set out in its document, Working with China, what discussions it (a) has had and (b) plans with the Chinese Government regarding reports of people being forced into so-called organ harvesting in China.
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Question reference: S4W-14240
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 12 April 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 23 April 2013
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its aim for universities and further education establishments to develop more long-term, sustainable partnerships in China, as set out in its document, Working with China, what action it (a) has taken and (b) plans to ensure that medical courses in higher education institutions cover international aspects of medical ethics, including the reports of people being forced into so-called organ harvesting in China.
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Question reference: S4W-13928
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 March 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 17 April 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what proposals were submitted for national development status in the National Planning Framework 3.
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Question reference: S4W-13897
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 March 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 16 April 2013
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a list of each helpline it supports that is operated by a private company, showing for each the operating company; the average time spent (a) on hold and (b) per call, and the average cost of a call from a (i) landline and (ii) mobile telephone.
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Question reference: S4W-13346
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 February 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 4 April 2013
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-11014 by Roseanna Cunningham on 21 November 2012, with what stakeholders it has engaged and what the (a) timescale and (b) process will be for developing an options paper on an environmental court.
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