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: S4W-12464
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 January 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 30 January 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what measures it uses to monitor the impact of the Scottish Green Bus Fund on fuel savings and carbon emissions.
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Question reference: S4W-12261
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 January 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 24 January 2013
To ask the Scottish Government on which legislation it has consulted (a) the Queen and (b) Prince Charles in each year since 1999 and what bills were then (i) altered, (ii) dropped and (iii) not given consent.
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Question reference: S4O-01682
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 January 2013
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 January 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on the impact on educational attainment of exposure to lead in childhood.
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Question reference: S4W-11770
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 07 December 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 21 December 2012
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-08874 by Nicola Sturgeon on 15 August 2012, what the reasons are for its position on this matter.
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Question reference: S4W-11771
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 07 December 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Alex Neil on 21 December 2012
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-08874 by Nicola Sturgeon on 15 August 2012, whether it considers that, following the legalisation of same-sex marriage, denial of the option of civil partnership to mixed-sex couples would not constitute discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.
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Question reference: S4F-01048
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 03 December 2012
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 December 2012
To ask the First Minister what impact the autumn budget statement will have on Scotland.
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Question reference: S4W-11229
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 15 November 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 28 November 2012
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether any future high-speed rail route between Scotland and London should split at the Carstairs Junction and serve both Glasgow and Edinburgh.
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Question reference: S4W-11227
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 15 November 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 28 November 2012
To ask the Scottish Government whether its planning exercise for a high-speed rail link between Glasgow and Edinburgh will be conducted by Transport Scotland or by external consultants.
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Question reference: S4W-11226
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 15 November 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 28 November 2012
To ask the Scottish Government when it will report on the results of its planning exercise for a high-speed rail link between Glasgow and Edinburgh.
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Question reference: S4W-11228
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 15 November 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 28 November 2012
To ask the Scottish Government whether its planning exercise for a high-speed rail link between Glasgow and Edinburgh will consider all possible route options and, if not, what specific options will be considered.