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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: S4W-27935

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 October 2015
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 27 October 2015

To ask the Scottish Government how many limited partnerships have been registered in each year since 2008, and what its position is on the trend.

Figures for limited partnerships can be found in the Companies House annual publication Companies Register Activities 2014-2015. Please see Table E2 at the link below for figures from 2010-11 to 2014-15: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/companies-register-activities-statistical-release-20142015

For figures prior to 2010-11, previous reports can be found at the link below: http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20141104103730/http://www.companieshouse.gov.uk/about/companiesRegActivities.shtml

The Scottish Government is aware that there has been a significant rise in the number of limited partnerships registered in Scotland.

The creation, operation, regulation and dissolution of business, are matters reserved to the UK Government.

Question reference: S4F-03020

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Monday, 26 October 2015
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 October 2015

To ask the First Minister what proportion of the labour force has a secure job that pays at least the living wage.

Question reference: S4W-27459

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Monday, 14 September 2015
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 8 October 2015

To ask the Scottish Government when it will provide a substantive answer to question S4W-26767, which received a holding answer on 17 August 2015, and what the reason is for the delay in providing such an answer.

Question reference: S4W-27456

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Monday, 14 September 2015
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 29 September 2015

To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to start its consultation on unconventional oil and gas extraction.

Question reference: S4W-27458

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Monday, 14 September 2015
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 29 September 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what (a) individuals and (b) organisations it has approached for evidence on the appropriateness of unconventional oil and gas extraction.

Question reference: S4W-27455

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Monday, 14 September 2015
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 29 September 2015

To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to gather evidence to inform its position on unconventional coal gasification.

Question reference: S4W-27457

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Monday, 14 September 2015
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 29 September 2015

To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to gather evidence to inform its (a) public health impact assessment, (b) work to strengthen planning guidance and (c) tightening of environmental regulation as noted in its news release of 28 January 2015, Moratorium called on fracking.

Question reference: S4T-01130

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Monday, 28 September 2015
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 September 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the option of allowing mixed-sex couples to form civil partnerships.

Question reference: S4W-27410

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 September 2015
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 25 September 2015

To ask the Scottish Government how the pilot library card scheme for children is being progressed, and whether the Improvement Service will administer this through the National Entitlement Card.

The ‘Every Child is a Library Member’ pilots are being administered by individual local authorities in partnership with the Scottish Library and Information Council (SLIC). SLIC provides advice to local authorities and supports improvements in public libraries through the Public Library Improvement Fund provided by the Scottish Government. Local authorities are trialling various methods of distributing the library membership, including at the birth registration, via Bookbug packs and during Primary 1. There is no intended Scottish Government specific link with the National Entitlement Card.

Details of individual projects can be found on the SLIC website:

http://scottishlibraries.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/ECLM-Pilot-Summaries.pdf

Question reference: S4O-04631

Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 September 2015
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 September 2015

To ask the Scottish Government what work it has undertaken in the last year on the currency options for Scotland, either in the current constitutional context or in the future.