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-32736
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 6 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it considers that the existing support provided to night-time entertainment venues is likely to be sufficient in preventing (a) venue closures and (b) job losses, given that, unlike other hospitality venues such as cafes, restaurants, bars and pubs, they will be unable to re-open when temporary COVID-19 restrictions are lifted.
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Question reference: S5F-04507
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 26 October 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 October 2020
Question to be taken in Chamber.
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Question reference: S5W-32358
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 23 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether physical distancing is possible in all schools that are operating at full capacity.
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Question reference: S5W-32354
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 20 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason some teachers and school staff who were previously shielding are reportedly being permitted to work outside of a classroom environment in some local authorities while in others they are being required to work in the classroom.
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Question reference: S5W-32355
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 20 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether teachers who were previously shielding should be working in classrooms in (a) Glasgow and (b) Scotland, in light of Glasgow City Council's Executive Director of Education writing to schools to highlight an “extraordinary number of cases where teachers have tested positive for COVID-19”.
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Question reference: S5W-32356
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 20 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to review the guidance for schools that currently states that teachers who were previously shielding should attend work in the classroom.
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Question reference: S5F-04450
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 05 October 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 October 2020
Question to be taken in Chamber.
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Question reference: S5W-31911
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 21 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 5 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the provisions in the Coronavirus (Scotland) (No.2) Act 2020, whether students who are seeking to cancel their student accommodation contracts prematurely are required to provide their accommodation provider with documentation that proves that their course has fully moved online before they can expect to be released from their contract.
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Question reference: S5F-04401
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 21 September 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 September 2020
Question to be taken in Chamber.
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Question reference: S5W-31647
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 16 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on discussions with the licensed trade sector regarding the development of more nuanced guidance for music in restaurants and hospitality settings.