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
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Question reference: S4W-01965
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 01 August 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 26 August 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what funding it makes available to which organisations to meet the support needs of survivors of childhood abuse in care.
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Question reference: S4W-02097
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 08 August 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 26 August 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how many meetings ministers and officials have had with representatives of Composite Energy/Dart Energy Ltd in the last 12 months; what the dates of the meetings were; who was present, and what issues were discussed.
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Question reference: S4W-02098
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 08 August 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 26 August 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive under which category in the hierarchy of developments the planning aspects of a proposal to begin shale gas extraction by means of hydraulic fracturing would fall.
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Question reference: S4W-02099
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 08 August 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 26 August 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that the risks involved in hydraulic fracturing are sufficiently understood to allow the use of the technique in Scotland.
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Question reference: S4W-01865
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 25 July 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 26 August 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive how many times in the last five years it has agreed to pay the legal expenses of a party with which it is in dispute with where it considers it to be in the public interest that the matter is determined by a court or tribunal.
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Question reference: S4W-01967
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 01 August 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 25 August 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what alternative means exist to provide the services offered by In Care Survivors Service Scotland in the event that they are withdrawn due to lack of funding.
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Question reference: S4W-01966
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 01 August 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 25 August 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what evaluation it has carried out of the (a) quality and (b) effectiveness of the services that it funds that are provided by In Care Survivors Service Scotland.
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Question reference: S4W-01935
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 July 2011
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 24 August 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions the Cabinet Secretary for Finance Employment and Sustainable Growth has had with ministerial colleagues to ensure that the next budget bill fully funds the implementation of the proposals in Low Carbon Scotland (The Report on Proposals and Policies).
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Question reference: S4W-01933
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 July 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Bruce Crawford on 23 August 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions the Cabinet Secretary for Parliamentary Business and Government Strategy has had with ministerial colleagues to ensure that the proposals in Low Carbon Scotland (The Report on Proposals and Policies) are implemented across government.
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Question reference: S4W-01934
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 July 2011
- Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 11 August 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps the Cabinet Secretary for Parliamentary Business and Government Strategy is taking to ensure that government departments comply with part four of the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2004, duties of public bodies relating to climate change.