Patrick Harvie

18 Apr 2019 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it is involved in any contingency plan discussions regarding the potential eviction of hundreds of people from asylum accommodation in Glasgow, in light of the Court of Session decision on 12 April 2019 in the so-called "lock change" case against Serco and the Home Office.

Answer · Aileen Campbell: The Scottish Government is not directly involved in discussions between the Home Office, Serco and Glasgow City Council about next steps following the judgement in the Court of Session. However, I have written to the Immigration Minister, the Chief Executive …

18 Apr 2019 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government, with regard to the provisions in the Housing (Scotland) Act 2010, whether a public limited company that trades for profit can set up, within its structure, a registered social landlord in Scotland.

Answer · Kevin Stewart: It would be for the Scottish Housing Regulator to decide whether an application to register a subsidiary of a public limited company meets its published regulatory registration criteria as well as meeting the legislative registration criteria under the Housin…

18 Apr 2019 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a summary of its legal understanding of "no recourse to public funds" in the UK Immigration Rules.

Answer · Ben Macpherson: Immigration is reserved to the UK Government. The UK Government has published guidance on how it makes decisions about what public funds third country nationals can claim and which benefits count as public funds for the purposes of the UK Immigration Rules: …

18 Apr 2019 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government, further to its commitment in response to the Equalities and Human Rights Committee report, Hidden Lives: New Beginnings, by what date it will publish its anti-destitution strategy.

Answer · Aileen Campbell: I refer the member to the answer to question S5O-03177 on 2 May 2019 which is available on the Parliament’s website. The official report can be viewed at: http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=12071&i=109230

18 Apr 2019 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the commitment by the housing minister, in June 2018, and First Minister, in November 2018, what progress it has made on implementing the recommendation by the Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Action Group (HARSAG) on short-stay/emergency accommodation with integrated services…

Answer · Kevin Stewart: The Scottish Government and COSLA have jointly published guidance on No Recourse to Public Funds to set out the legal framework within which local authorities have to make decisions about support provision, including accommodation, in this complex area. While…

18 Apr 2019 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on progress with implementing its commitments in the document, Ending Homelessness Together: High Level Action Plan, which related to migrant homelessness and no recourse to public funds.

Answer · Kevin Stewart: As set out in the Ending Homelessness Together Action Plan, we are committed to reporting annually to Parliament on our progress towards delivering all the actions and outcomes in the Plan. The first report will be submitted at the end of 2019. We will also …

17 Apr 2019 · First Minister's Question

Question to be taken in Chamber.

3 Apr 2019 · SPCB Written Question

To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body how it enforces the rule in the Events and Exhibitions Criteria which states that events must "respect the wide range of existing channels for influencing parliamentary business, by not lobbying on parliamentary business under current consideration".

Answer · Liam McArthur: All Member-sponsored events are approved according to the SPCB’s criteria for Member-sponsored events by the Events and Exhibitions Team.  On receipt of a completed Event Request Form, it is checked to ensure there is no explicit reference to any parliamen…

3 Apr 2019 · SPCB Written Question

To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body whether it considers that a lobbying event organised by environmental NGOs or campaigners, which promoted the environment movement's views on greenhouse gas emission targets and related issues, held on the day that a bill relating to an environment issue relating to the…

Answer · Liam McArthur: All applicants for Member-sponsored events must complete an Event Request Form that is agreed by the sponsoring Member.   Member-sponsored events are approved according to the SPCB’s criteria for Member-sponsored events by the Events and Exhibitions Tea…

3 Apr 2019 · SPCB Written Question

To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body whether it considers that a corporate exhibition held by representatives of the oil and gas industry, which promoted the industry's views on greenhouse gas emission targets and related issues, and held on the day of the stage 1 debate on the Climate Change (Emissions Re…

Answer · Liam McArthur: All applicants for Member-sponsored exhibitions must complete an Exhibitions Request Form that is agreed by the sponsoring Member.   Member-sponsored exhibitions are allocated by the Events and Exhibitions Team twice a year - in April (covering the Sept…

27 Mar 2019 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government what impact automatic vehicle speed limiters could have on the financial costs of speed limit enforcement.

18 Mar 2019 · First Minister's Question

Question to be taken in Chamber.

13 Mar 2019 · SPCB Oral Question

To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body, following the installation of new security devices at passholder entrances, what action it is taking to address queues forming and delays to entry.

22 Feb 2019 · First Minister's Question

Question to be taken in Chamber.

1 Feb 2019 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what consultation was undertaken by (a) the Scottish Food Enforcement Liaison Committee and (b) Food Standards Scotland prior to the development of the document, Guidance for Local Authority Enforcement Officers on the Production of Cheese from Unpasteurised Milk.

Answer · Joe FitzPatrick: I am advised by Food Standards Scotland that the Scottish Food Enforcement Liaison Committee consulted on the guidance in April 2017 and a total of 10 responses were received, from local authorities, industry representative bodies and individual businesses. D…

1 Feb 2019 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether the document, Guidance for Local Authority Enforcement Officers on the Production of Cheese from Unpasteurised Milk, was approved by ministers prior to its adoption.

Answer · Joe FitzPatrick: I am advised by Food Standards Scotland that the Guidance was produced to address a recommendation in the multi-agency incident management team report of March 2017 on the E. coli outbreak of 2016. During this outbreak, 17 people were hospitalised and unfortu…

1 Feb 2019 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what correspondence or discussions it has had with cheese producers regarding the document, Guidance for Local Authority Enforcement Officers on the Production of Cheese from Unpasteurised Milk; whether it is aware of any concerns regarding this guidance, and, if so, what its response is…

Answer · Joe FitzPatrick: The Scottish Government has not had discussions on the guidance with cheese producers. As this is a food safety issue it would therefore rightly be for Food Standards Scotland and the Scottish Food Enforcement Liaison Committee, not Ministers, to respond to a…

31 Jan 2019 · First Minister's Question

Question to be taken in chamber.

30 Jan 2019 · Portfolio Question

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the document, Towards a Cooperative University, by Queen Margaret University members of the University and College Union Scotland.

24 Jan 2019 · First Minister's Question

Question to be taken in Chamber.

14 Jan 2019 · First Minister's Question

Question to be taken in Chamber.

4 Jan 2019 · First Minister's Question

Question to be taken in Chamber.

20 Dec 2018 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what the planned expenditure under its draft budget is for the Home Energy Efficiency Programmes for Scotland (HEEPS), and for each component programme, including (a) Area Based Schemes, (b) Scotland’s Energy Efficiency Programme (SEEP) Pilots, (c) Warmer Homes Scotland and (d) the Home …

Answer · Kevin Stewart: The draft budget for Fuel Poverty and Energy Efficiency in 2019-20 is £119.6m, which now includes an element of Total Operating Costs, as explained in Annex G of the 19/20 Budget. This figure also includes planned expenditure for all the current Home Energy E…

20 Dec 2018 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of its overall capital spending for 2019-20, as set out in its draft Budget, has been allocated to (a) low carbon, (b) neutral and (c) high carbon projects.

Answer · Derek Mackay: I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-20780 on 9 January 2018. 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…

20 Dec 2018 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has made of increasing the percentage of its overall capital budget for 2019-20, as set out in the draft Budget, to be invested in low-carbon projects, in line with commitments it made in January 2018.

Answer · Derek Mackay: The Scottish Government is committed to increasing the percentage of the capital budget invested in low carbon projects. The following table, which includes financial transactions expenditure, shows that the planned investment on low carbon projects, as a per…

6 Dec 2018 · First Minister's Question

Question to be taken in Chamber.

4 Dec 2018 · Portfolio Question

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.

3 Dec 2018 · First Minister's Question

Question to be taken in Chamber.

15 Nov 2018 · First Minister's Question

Question to be taken in Chamber.

14 Nov 2018 · Portfolio Question

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.