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: S5F-02964
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 January 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 January 2019
Question to be taken in Chamber.
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Question reference: S5W-20781
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 December 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 11 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what the planned expenditure under its draft budget is for the Home Energy Efficiency Programmes for Scotland (HEEPS), and for each component programme, including (a) Area Based Schemes, (b) Scotland’s Energy Efficiency Programme (SEEP) Pilots, (c) Warmer Homes Scotland and (d) the Home Energy Scotland Loan Scheme.
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Question reference: S5W-20782
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 December 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 9 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of its overall capital spending for 2019-20, as set out in its draft Budget, has been allocated to (a) low carbon, (b) neutral and (c) high carbon projects.
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Question reference: S5W-20780
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 December 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 9 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has made of increasing the percentage of its overall capital budget for 2019-20, as set out in the draft Budget, to be invested in low-carbon projects, in line with commitments it made in January 2018.
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Question reference: S5F-02928
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 January 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 January 2019
Question to be taken in Chamber.
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Question reference: S5F-02869
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 10 December 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 December 2018
Question to be taken in Chamber.
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Question reference: S5O-02675
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 December 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 12 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the development of new tools for HIV prevention and treatment, what action it is taking to update its 2015-20 sexual health and blood borne virus framework.
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Question reference: S5F-02849
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 03 December 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 December 2018
Question to be taken in Chamber.
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Question reference: S5F-02795
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 19 November 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 November 2018
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Question reference: S5O-02575
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 November 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 November 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether it expects to legislate on hate crime during the current parliamentary session, following the end of the consultation process in 2019.