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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

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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 24 December 2024
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Question reference: S4W-11227

  • Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 15 November 2012
  • Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 28 November 2012

To ask the Scottish Government whether its planning exercise for a high-speed rail link between Glasgow and Edinburgh will be conducted by Transport Scotland or by external consultants.

Question reference: S4W-11230

  • Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 15 November 2012
  • Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 28 November 2012

To ask the Scottish Government when it will produce a cost estimate for the proposed high-speed rail link between Glasgow and Edinburgh.

Question reference: S4W-11226

  • Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 15 November 2012
  • Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 28 November 2012

To ask the Scottish Government when it will report on the results of its planning exercise for a high-speed rail link between Glasgow and Edinburgh.

Question reference: S4W-11155

  • Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 09 November 2012
  • Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 23 November 2012

To ask the Scottish Government when Scotland will be compliant with the European air quality targets for nitrogen dioxide for 2010.

Question reference: S4W-11156

  • Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 09 November 2012
  • Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 23 November 2012

To ask the Scottish Government when it expects to be told whether the application to the European Commission to extend the deadline for meeting nitrogen dioxide pollution levels in Glasgow has been successful.

Question reference: S4W-11154

  • Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 09 November 2012
  • Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 22 November 2012

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has requested an extension for Glasgow in the UK’s application to the European Commission for a time extension to meet air quality targets for nitrogen dioxide in the UK.

Question reference: S4W-11014

  • Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 08 November 2012
  • Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 21 November 2012

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-03713 by Roseanna Cunningham on 1 November 2011, what steps it has taken toward the publication of an options paper on an environmental court for Scotland.

Question reference: S4W-10728

  • Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 October 2012
  • Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 14 November 2012

To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure that the National Planning Framework for Scotland 3 and the reviewed Scottish Planning Policy contribute to delivering the duty to further the conservation of biodiversity as required by the Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004.

Question reference: S4W-10732

  • Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 October 2012
  • Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 14 November 2012

To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure that the National Planning Framework for Scotland 3 and the reviewed Scottish Planning Policy contribute to the whole of its stated central purpose rather than solely to increasing sustainable economic growth.

Question reference: S4W-10726

  • Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 October 2012
  • Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 14 November 2012

To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure that the National Planning Framework for Scotland 3 and the reviewed Scottish Planning Policy are aligned with the National Performance Framework.