Patrick Harvie

8 Mar 2017 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Government what communication it has had with the UK Government regarding a possible visit to Scotland by Donald Trump.

6 Mar 2017 · First Minister's Question

To ask the First Minister when the Cabinet will next meet.

27 Feb 2017 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to reform personal and social health education, in light of evidence presented to the Education and Skills Committee on 22 February 2017.

27 Feb 2017 · First Minister's Question

To ask the First Minister when the Cabinet will next meet.

6 Feb 2017 · First Minister's Question

To ask the First Minister when the Cabinet will next meet.

1 Feb 2017 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5O-00613 by Angela Constance on 1 February 2017 (Official Report, c. 7), when it will publish the written response to the Time for Inclusive Education campaign pledge.

Answer · John Swinney: The Scottish Government will formally issue a written response to the Time for Inclusive Education campaign pledges in full by Spring 2017.

30 Jan 2017 · First Minister's Question

To ask the First Minister when the Cabinet will next meet.

25 Jan 2017 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the Time for Inclusive Education campaign pledge, which calls for LGBTI-inclusive education.

16 Jan 2017 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on the impact on voluntary organisations of Agnew Document Solutions going into administration, and whether it is in a position to offer any assistance.

Answer · Angela Constance: Based on information from Companies House Register, Agnew Document Solutions does not appear to be in administration and the Scottish Government does not have any further information on the current status of the company. Scottish Government has not been appro…

16 Jan 2017 · First Minister's Question

To ask the First Minister when the Cabinet will next meet.

10 Jan 2017 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what data it collects on the staff-to-child ratios in (a) local authority and (b) (i) private and (ii) voluntary early years childcare providers and whether it is considering taking action to make this data more robust.

Answer · John Swinney: The Scottish Government does not collect data on the staff-to-child ratios in early years childcare providers.

10 Jan 2017 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it is using birth-rate data to plan its phased expansion of childcare provision and, if so, how.

Answer · Mark McDonald: Scottish Government is using National Records of Scotland (NRS) population projections for planning the Early Learning and Childcare expansion, and in particular for estimating the number of children who will be eligible. NRS population projections take into …

10 Jan 2017 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many people provide early years childcare services, broken down by people employed by (a) local authority and (b) (i) private and (ii) voluntary providers, and what information it has regarding their levels of qualifications.

Answer · Mark McDonald: Data on how many people provide early years childcare services, broken down by people employed by (a) local authority and (b) (i) private and (ii) voluntary providers, published by the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) at: http://data.sssc.uk.com/local-…

9 Jan 2017 · First Minister's Question

To ask the First Minister when the Cabinet will next meet.

20 Dec 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding what profits will be made by each company involved with the (a) Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route/Balmedie Tipperty, (b) Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service National Centre, (c) Royal Hospital for Sick Children/Department of Clinical Neuroscience…

Answer · Derek Mackay: As these projects were procured under the Non Profit Distributing model, there are no profits distributed to the private sector investors in the project companies that have been set up and which hold the contracts with the procuring authorities. Information …

20 Dec 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how much in (a) capital and (b) additional costs of non-profit distributing projects has been paid upfront by the organisations operating them.

Answer · Derek Mackay: The estimated total value of capital investment made in each NPD project is detailed in Annex B of the Draft Budget 2017-18. The costs are as agreed in the relevant commercial contractual arrangements.

20 Dec 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what the full (a) capital and (b) lifetime (i) borrowing and (ii) maintenance cost will be of the (A) Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route/Balmedie Tipperty, (B) Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service National Centre, (C) Royal Hospital for Sick Children/Department of Clinical Neurosci…

Answer · Derek Mackay: Information on these projects, including the overall capital investment value, is contained within the Infrastructure Investment Plan Project Pipeline report available from the following link: www.gov.scot/Topics/Government/Finance/18232/IIP/IIPProjectPipeli…

14 Dec 2016 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government how its proposed new climate change targets will take account of the Paris Agreement's goal of pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.

12 Dec 2016 · First Minister's Question

To ask the First Minister when the Cabinet will next meet.

5 Dec 2016 · First Minister's Question

To ask the First Minister when the Cabinet will next meet.

30 Nov 2016 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Government what impact it expects its tax policies to have on inequality of wealth and income.

23 Nov 2016 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government what improvements it considers necessary to the provision of abortion in Scotland.

21 Nov 2016 · First Minister's Question

To ask the First Minister when the Cabinet will next meet.

14 Nov 2016 · First Minister's Question

To ask the First Minister when the Cabinet will next meet.

3 Nov 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-03223 by Keith Brown on 1 November 2016, whether it will provide the information that was requested regarding what action it is taking to improve the availability of its data on (a) the balance of trade and (b) (i) primary and (ii) secondary incomes.

Answer · Keith Brown: The development of Scottish Government economic statistics is reviewed and discussed with users at the annual meeting of the Scottish Economic Statistics Consultation Group (SESCG). The latest meeting was on 19 May 2016 and focussed on plans for the year 2016…

31 Oct 2016 · First Minister's Question

To ask the First Minister when the Cabinet will next meet.

27 Oct 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been made ill after consuming raw milk cheese in each year since 2010, also broken down by the (a) type of illness and (b) pathogen that was identified.

Answer · Shona Robison: A number of illnesses can be caused by consuming contaminated cheese made with unpasteurised milk, for example, brucella, listeria, salmonella and shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli. All these diseases can be acquired through a number of routes, includi…

26 Oct 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to the regulatory approaches taken in other countries to deal with the growth of short-term letting platforms such as Airbnb.

Answer · Fiona Hyslop: The Scottish Government has not made a specific assessment of the regulatory approaches taken in other countries to deal with the growth of short-term letting platforms such as Airbnb. The Scottish Government is however already working closely with the indep…

26 Oct 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the recommendation of the Scottish HIV PrEP Short Life Working Group that people at the highest risk of HIV are provided with the option of pre-exposure prophylaxis to protect them from becoming HIV positive.

Answer · Aileen Campbell: The Scottish Government recognises that reducing HIV transmission is a public health priority. In Scotland, all medicines must be licensed before they can be made routinely available on the NHS. The Chief Pharmaceutical Officer has written to the manufacturer…

26 Oct 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what support it provides to local authorities to ensure that they have sufficient flexibility to tailor their approaches to dealing with the issues arising from the growth of short-term letting platforms such as Airbnb.

Answer · Fiona Hyslop: I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-03942 on 2 November 2016. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness…