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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

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: S5O-04207

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 February 2020
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 March 2020

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that it meets its poverty reduction targets.

Question reference: S5F-03985

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Monday, 24 February 2020
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 February 2020

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S5O-04137

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 February 2020
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 February 2020

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has for a new Constitutional Convention.

Question reference: S5F-03899

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Monday, 27 January 2020
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 30 January 2020

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S5F-03816

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Monday, 06 January 2020
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 January 2020

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S5W-26657

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Friday, 06 December 2019
Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 17 December 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with Glasgow City Council regarding the impact on households and businesses of the recent fire and tenement collapse in Pollokshields.

In the immediate aftermath of the fire on 10 November, contact was made by Scottish Government officials with the Emergency Planning Department at Glasgow City Council. The Regeneration Department at Glasgow City Council has also shared information with Scottish Government officials on households and businesses impacted by the fire.

All aspects of care for the people and businesses affected by the fire, along with making the site safe and protecting the structural integrity of neighbouring buildings, are the responsibility of Glasgow City Council. Glasgow City Council has statutory responsibilities towards people who are threatened with, or who are experiencing, homelessness and are obliged by law to offer a minimum of temporary accommodation, advice and assistance to all homeless households.

The Scottish Government is committed to tackling and preventing homelessness and to making available appropriate accommodation and support services to all those experiencing homelessness that require them, However, the legal duty for housing and homelessness, including responsibility for managing and allocating temporary accommodation, sits with local authorities and neither Scottish Ministers nor officials are able to intervene in individual cases.

Question reference: S5W-26656

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Friday, 06 December 2019
Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 16 December 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what criteria it uses to decide whether to provide emergency and hardship relief funds to households and businesses affected by major incidents.

Local authorities have a number of ongoing statutory responsibilities in relation to hardship, including providing assistance to individuals experiencing homelessness or offering discretionary hardship relief to reduce the non-domestic rates liabilities of ratepayers and businesses experiencing sustained hardship. The Scottish Government considers the response to major incidents on a case by case basis in partnership with local agencies and councils.

Question reference: S5T-01917

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Monday, 09 December 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 December 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to recent reports on spending practices at the Scottish Qualifications Authority.

Question reference: S5O-03904

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 December 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 December 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how it safeguards environmental standards, workplace rights and ethical factors when seeking to attract major events to Scotland.

Question reference: S5F-03759

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Monday, 02 December 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 December 2019

Question to be taken in Chamber.