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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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Question reference: S5F-02691

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Monday, 22 October 2018
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 25 October 2018

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S5W-18903

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 September 2018
Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 4 October 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with (a) the UK Government and (b) nature conservation agencies regarding the completion of the 2019 National Seabird Census, and whether it considers this work an essential prerequisite of the Seabird Conservation Strategy that was announced in its Programme for Government.

Question reference: S5W-18900

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 September 2018
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 2 October 2018

To ask the Scottish Government when the Biodiversity Challenge Fund that was announced in its Programme for Government 2018-19 will be operational; how much it will allocate toward the fund each year; what discussions it has had or plans with stakeholders and other interested parties regarding its objectives and application process, and what the objectives and application process will be.

Question reference: S5W-18909

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 September 2018
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 2 October 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how much funding projects in Scotland have received in each of the last five years from the EU funding scheme, LIFE, also broken down by what information it has regarding what percentage of all UK funding for the scheme this represented.

Question reference: S5W-18899

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 September 2018
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 2 October 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding introducing a replacement for the EU funding scheme, LIFE.

As a member of the UK LIFE Management Group, the Scottish Government maintains regular contact with the UK Government and other devolved administrations regarding the EU LIFE funding programme.

Natural England is currently undertaking a UK-wide research project looking at potential options for a replacement for the EU LIFE scheme. The Scottish Government has been assured that its views will be taken into account as part of this project. We have made it clear that there must not be any reduction in funding for environmental projects in Scotland as a result of EU Exit, and that the allocation of funding for the environment should reflect the greater extent of natural habitats and protected areas in Scotland and the greater potential for environmental projects in Scotland to contribute to the international targets on biodiversity.

Question reference: S5O-02426

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 September 2018
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 October 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that consent-based sex education is being delivered in all schools.

Question reference: S5F-02631

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Monday, 24 September 2018
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 September 2018

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S5O-02356

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 September 2018
Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 13 September 2018

To ask the Scottish Government when the minister for public health last met Food Standards Scotland and what was discussed.

I will meet with Food Standards Scotland later today to discuss matters across the FSS remit, which encompasses food safety and standards, nutrition and labelling.

My predecessor met with the FSS Chair and Chief Executive on 21 December 2017 to discuss the impact of leaving the EU on the FSS remit, and more recently, met informally with FSS on 30 May when, at FSS’s invitation, she spoke at an evening reception for an international working group meeting of the Codex Alimentarius, which took place in Edinburgh. There were no formal discussions at that meeting.

Question reference: S5F-02540

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Monday, 03 September 2018
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 September 2018

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S5O-02304

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 August 2018
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 September 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what approach it plans to reform local tax and local government finance.