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-25985
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 October 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 21 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many lineside trees have been cleared by Network Rail across the Scottish network in each of the last three years.
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Question reference: S5W-25982
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 October 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 21 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its responsibilities for Scotland's railway, what steps it expects Network Rail to take whenever rare or protected species are identified in ecological assessments carried out for lineside tree and vegetation removal.
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Question reference: S5W-25984
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 October 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 21 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its responsibilities for Scotland's railway, what consideration it has given to the Network Rail vegetation management review led by John Varley OBE.
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Question reference: S5W-25983
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 October 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 19 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its responsibilities for Scotland's railway, what its position is on Network Rail’s current approach to lineside tree and vegetation removal, and whether it considers this is consistent with the climate and ecological emergency.
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Question reference: S5W-25986
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 October 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 19 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what powers it has to require ecological assessments to be carried out for all lineside tree and vegetation removal by Network Rail.
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Question reference: S5F-03708
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 11 November 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 14 November 2019
Question to be taken in the Chamber.
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Question reference: S5O-03727
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 October 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the Referendums (Scotland) Bill adequately meets the objective stated by the constitutional relations secretary for "electronic means of communication to be subject to the same restrictions as print materials".
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Question reference: S5F-03627
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 October 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 October 2019
Question to be taken in Chamber.
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Question reference: S5O-03580
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 September 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 25 September 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what criteria Scottish Enterprise uses to determine the appropriateness of its exclusivity agreements with developers, and how such agreements can be challenged.
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Question reference: S5F-03544
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 16 September 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 September 2019
Question to be taken in the Chamber.
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