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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

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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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 7 June 2025
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Question reference: S5F-02928

  • Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 07 January 2019
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 January 2019

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S5F-02869

  • Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 10 December 2018
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 December 2018

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S5O-02675

  • Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 December 2018
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 12 December 2018

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the development of new tools for HIV prevention and treatment, what action it is taking to update its 2015-20 sexual health and blood borne virus framework.

Question reference: S5F-02849

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

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S5F-02795

  • Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 19 November 2018
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 November 2018

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S5O-02575

  • Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 November 2018
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 November 2018

To ask the Scottish Government whether it expects to legislate on hate crime during the current parliamentary session, following the end of the consultation process in 2019.

Question reference: S5F-02772

  • Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 12 November 2018
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 15 November 2018

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S5F-02723

  • Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 29 October 2018
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 1 November 2018

Question to be taken in Chamber.

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.