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-06062
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 March 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Linda Fabiani (on behalf of the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body): on 16 March 2012
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body whether it will consider installing a clock in the Garden Lobby.
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Question reference: S4W-05642
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 February 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 12 March 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has assessed the likely impact on the Year of Creative Scotland if all free events that were previously exempt from the requirement to hold a public entertainment licence are, in future, required to hold one and are charged the full fee.
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Question reference: S4W-05834
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 February 2012
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 8 March 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what barriers there are to the establishment by local authorities of energy companies to (a) develop publicly owned renewables, (b) bulk-buy electricity from the wholesale market and (c) become retail suppliers of electricity to domestic properties.
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Question reference: S4W-05836
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 February 2012
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 8 March 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive how much renewable electricity generation in megawatts is currently in local and community ownership and what plans there are to achieve the target for local and community ownership of electricity in the 2020 Routemap for Renewable Energy in Scotland.
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Question reference: S4W-05837
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 February 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 6 March 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive how many planning enforcement officers there are, broken down by local authority.
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Question reference: S4W-05641
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 February 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 2 March 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive whether changes to legislation on public entertainment licences made by the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 leave local authorities discretion regarding (a) the level of fees and (b) allowing small events to be exempt from the requirement to hold a licence.
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Question reference: S4W-05835
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 February 2012
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 1 March 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that the prudential borrowing regime would allow local authorities to borrow in order to invest in renewable energy generation with a view to repaying the debt through the income from energy sales.
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Question reference: S4O-00747
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 February 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 1 March 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what impact the Edinburgh Glasgow Improvement Programme will have on existing rail services in Glasgow.
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Question reference: S4O-00770
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 February 2012
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 March 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive whether young unemployed people are at risk of exploitation.
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Question reference: S4W-05761
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 February 2012
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 29 February 2012
To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on the UK Government statement that "The education provisions of the Equality Act 2010 which prohibit discrimination against individuals based on their protected characteristics (including their sexual orientation) do not extend to the content of the curriculum".
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