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-19100
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 January 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Margaret Burgess on 17 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of private tenancy deposits has been paid into a protected deposit scheme.
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Question reference: S4W-19165
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 January 2014
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 16 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answers to questions S4W-18881 and S4W-18886 by Michael Matheson on 8 January 2014, whether it supports the prohibition of so-called "gay to straight conversion therapy".
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Question reference: S4W-18865
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 December 2013
- Current Status: Answered by David Stewart on 9 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what arrangements are in place for its staff who are not members of trades unions to raise concerns or negotiate on issues such as terms and conditions.
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Question reference: S4W-18868
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 December 2013
- Current Status: Answered by David Stewart on 9 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what information it has on the proportion of its staff who are members of trades unions, also broken down by (a) office and (b) team.
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Question reference: S4W-18866
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 December 2013
- Current Status: Answered by David Stewart on 9 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what information it has on what proportion of its staff were members of trades unions at the beginning of each session.
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Question reference: S4W-18881
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 December 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 8 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Counsellors and Psychotherapists (Regulation) Bill introduced in the UK Parliament will apply to Scotland.
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Question reference: S4W-18886
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 December 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 8 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government whether it supports the objectives of the Counsellors and Psychotherapists (Regulation) Bill introduced in the UK Parliament.
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Question reference: S4W-18479
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 November 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 5 December 2013
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-17672 by Fergus Ewing on 23 October 2013, when it will publish its consultation on the regulation of the coal industry.
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Question reference: S4W-18480
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 November 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 4 December 2013
To ask the Scottish Government whether it considers the use of "letters of comfort" by local planning authorities to be appropriate where they allow the continued operation of an opencast coal mine where it has become apparent that environmental restoration, required as mitigation in the environmental impact assessment at the time of consent, will no longer be delivered, and what the reason is for its position on this matter.
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Question reference: S4W-18481
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 November 2013
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 4 December 2013
To ask the Scottish Government whether the cost of infraction proceedings would fall to a local planning authority where these were the result of a failure to adequately implement planning controls, and what the reason is for its position on this matter.