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: S5W-34070
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 24 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what support it provides to people who are not eligible for the Self-Isolation Support Grant but who are required to self-isolate and who are being paid by their employer a lower amount of money than they would have otherwise earned.
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Question reference: S5F-04681
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 21 December 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 December 2020
Question to be taken in Chamber.
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Question reference: S5F-04658
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 December 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 December 2020
Question to be taken in Chamber.
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Question reference: S5F-04638
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 December 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 December 2020
Question to be taken in Chamber.
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Question reference: S5O-04832
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 December 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that recycling and food waste collection services suspended by local authorities due to the pandemic are resumed.
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Question reference: S5W-32733
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 2 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports by trade union representatives and hospital staff in the NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde area that (a) surgical Type 2 face masks and (b) Type 11R masks have been issued, despite evidence having been published, which is understood to indicate that these do not offer protection to the wearer.
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Question reference: S5F-04635
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 30 November 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 December 2020
Question to be taken in Chamber.
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Question reference: S5F-04589
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 23 November 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 November 2020
Question to be taken in the Chamber.
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Question reference: S5W-32731
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 23 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to ensure that older and vulnerable people in (a) Glasgow and (b) Scotland are able to receive a flu vaccination within close proximity to their home.
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Question reference: S5W-32357
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 19 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether teachers have adequate time to provide pupils who are self-isolating with consistent support and materials as well as fulfilling their obligations to other pupils who are in school.