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Scottish Parliament written answers — Young People: Young People (14 March 2011)

Robin Harper: To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it has taken to explore ways to establish a youth microcredit scheme.

Scottish Parliament written answers — Young People: Young People (14 March 2011)

Robin Harper: To ask the Scottish Executive what stakeholders it has met to discuss ways to establish a youth microcredit scheme.

Scottish Parliament written answers — Marine Environment: Marine Environment (4 March 2011)

Robin Harper: To ask the Scottish Executive what allowances it makes for (a) natural and (b) other anthropogenic causes of seal mortality when deciding the number of grey and common seals that may be shot under licence under section 110(1)(f) and (g) of the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010.

Scottish Parliament written answers — Marine Environment: Marine Environment (4 March 2011)

Robin Harper: To ask the Scottish Executive what allowance it makes for misidentification of species when deciding the number of grey and common seals that may be shot under licence under section 110(1)(f) and (g) of the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010.

Scottish Parliament written answers — Marine Environment: Marine Environment (4 March 2011)

Robin Harper: To ask the Scottish Executive for what reason Marine Scotland selected the highest number in the potential biological removal range calculated by the Sea Mammal Research Unit when deciding how many common seals could be killed under licence in the Moray Firth Seal Management Area.

Scottish Parliament written answers — Marine Environment: Marine Environment (4 March 2011)

Robin Harper: To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it will take to reduce the numbers of seals killed in Scottish waters.

Scottish Parliament written answers — Marine Environment: Marine Environment (4 March 2011)

Robin Harper: To ask the Scottish Executive how many licences to kill common seals in the East Coast Seal Management Area under section 110(1)(f) and (g) of the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010 have been granted for the (a) Firth of Tay Seal Conservation Area and (b) the rest of the East Coast Seal Management Area and for how many seals in each.

Scottish Parliament written answers — Marine Environment: Marine Environment (4 March 2011)

Robin Harper: To ask the Scottish Executive how many licences to kill common seals in the Moray Firth Seal Management Area under section 110(1)(f) and (g) of the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010 have been granted for the (a) Moray Firth Seal Conservation Area and (b) the rest of the Moray Firth Seal Management Area and for how many seals in each.

Scottish Parliament written answers — Marine Environment: Marine Environment (4 March 2011)

Robin Harper: To ask the Scottish Executive how many licences to kill common seals in the Orkney and North Coast Seal Management Area under section 110(1)(f) and (g) of the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010 have been granted for the (a) Orkney and North Coast Seal Conservation Area and (b) the rest of the Orkney and North Coast Seal Management Area, and for how many seals in each.

Scottish Parliament written answers — Marine Environment: Marine Environment (4 March 2011)

Robin Harper: To ask the Scottish Executive how many licences to kill common seals in the Shetland Seal Management Area under section 110(1)(f) and (g) of the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010 have been granted for the (a) Shetland Seal Conservation Area and (b) the rest of the Shetland Seal Management Area and for how many seals in each.

Scottish Parliament written answers — Marine Environment: Marine Environment (4 March 2011)

Robin Harper: To ask the Scottish Executive how many licences to kill common seals in the Western Isles Seal Management Area under section 110(1)(f) and (g) of the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010 have been granted for the (a) Western Isles Seal Conservation Area and (b) the rest of the Western Isles Seal Management Area and for how many seals in each.

Scottish Parliament written answers — Marine Environment: Marine Environment (4 March 2011)

Robin Harper: To ask the Scottish Executive which elements of the National Marine Plan will ensure that the development of aquaculture sites does not lead to the harassment of grey seals and common seals at haul-out sites.

Scottish Parliament written answers — Marine Environment: Marine Environment (4 March 2011)

Robin Harper: To ask the Scottish Executive whether the impact of new fish farm developments on local seal populations is assessed during the screening process for new site designations and, if so, what reasons have been given by operators of new fish farms for applying for seal licences.

Scottish Parliament written answers — Education: Education (4 February 2011)

Robin Harper: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will continue to provide funding for Bookbug, the Scottish Book Trust’s Early Years Programme, in 2011-12.

Scottish Parliament written answers — Wildlife: Wildlife (19 January 2011)

Robin Harper: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has received representations from Scottish Natural Heritage regarding the Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Bill since its introduction and whether it will publish any such written representations.

Scottish Parliament written answers — Housing: Housing (13 January 2011)

Robin Harper: To ask the Scottish Executive how many new affordable homes it could build with £2.3 billion.

Scottish Parliament: Autism (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1 (12 January 2011)

Robin Harper: The minister will be aware of the reservations that exist about some of the content of "The Autism Toolbox: An Autism Resource for Scottish Schools". Can she give us any comfort as regards arrangements for continuous monitoring of the toolbox and its updating as time progresses?

Scottish Parliament written answers — Environment: Environment (21 December 2010)

Robin Harper: To ask the Scottish Executive whether increased mileage incurred by the public due to the planned closure of passport offices in Scotland, including in Aberdeen and Dundee, will be counted against the climate change target of (a) Scotland or (b) England and Wales.

Scottish Parliament: Higher Education (16 December 2010)

Robin Harper: One of the 62 subjects for discussion in the paper that the cabinet secretary has presented to us is the funding that we get from students from abroad. Some universities are more dependent on that than others; it makes up closer to 20 per cent than 11 per cent of their funding. Is the cabinet secretary aware—as I am sure he is—that the UK Border Agency is now imposing restrictions...

Scottish Parliament: Scottish Executive Question Time — Finance and Sustainable Growth: Sedco 711 Oil Platform (Blowout) (16 December 2010)

Robin Harper: To ask the Scottish Executive on what date it was made aware of the blowout incident on Shell's Sedco 711 platform on 23 December 2009 and by whom. (S3O-12432)