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Scottish Parliament: Debt (12 Nov 2009)

Robin Harper: In a recession, I can think of no organisation that needs and deserves support more than Citizens Advice Scotland. It deserves not only the amount of support that it has received in the past, but the greater support that it will need to provide the increased services that are required at such a time. I congratulate Jackie Baillie on bringing the debate to Parliament, and I echo Sarah Boyack's...

Scottish Parliament: Central Scotland Green Network (12 Nov 2009)

Robin Harper: This is a welcome debate and a welcome initiative and I am happy to be able to speak in the debate. Almost everything that I might have included in a written speech—which is scribbled out in front of me—has already been said, but there are quite a few important points and areas that merit further discussion. I will address those by going through as quickly as I can what members...

Scottish Parliament: Central Scotland Green Network (12 Nov 2009)

Robin Harper: I am sorry, Presiding Officer. I have spoken before to the minister about sustainable economic development. If we are going to talk about sustainable economic development and link it to planting and growth of trees, it is about time we upped to 40 per cent our target for Scotland's forest cover. That is not just possible; it would also be an extraordinarily good thing. Finally, the greenest...

Scottish Parliament: The Sconestone (11 Nov 2009)

Robin Harper: I congratulate Linda Fabiani on the motion, which I am glad that I signed. I apologise for not having had time to prepare a speech—I have been working on the Marine (Scotland) Bill—but I am very glad that I stayed for the debate. The stone is a lovely idea. As Rob Gibson said, we should have many more; we should perhaps have thousands of Sconestones going around Scotland from...

Scottish Parliament written answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (6 Nov 2009)

Robin Harper: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has been involved in or had input into any recent stakeholder meetings organised by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to discuss and promote solutions to dealing with construction waste containing special or hazardous materials such as plastic foam insulation containing ozone-depleting substances from steel-clad buildings.

Scottish Parliament: Fisheries Negotiations (5 Nov 2009)

Robin Harper: I want to quote some Government figures to the cabinet secretary. The total tonnage of the big fishing boats—in other words, those over 20m—has doubled from 51,000 tonnes in 1990 to 100,000 tonnes in 2008. Given those figures, how can the Conservatives say that the fleet has been decimated? Does the cabinet secretary agree that part of the problem is that we have too many big...

Scottish Parliament: Fisheries Negotiations (5 Nov 2009)

Robin Harper: Will the member give way?

Scottish Parliament: Question Time — Scottish Executive — Health and Wellbeing: Electronic Patient Records (5 Nov 2009)

Robin Harper: To ask the Scottish Executive how many simultaneous users of the clinical portal the system is being designed to handle and how long it will take for a typical electronic patient record request to be completed and delivered when the system is used at maximum capacity. (S3O-8345)

Scottish Parliament: Question Time — Scottish Executive — Health and Wellbeing: Electronic Patient Records (5 Nov 2009)

Robin Harper: When will the electronic patient record be available for delivery through the portal, once the clinical portal technology has been implemented?

Scottish Parliament written answers — Climate Change: Climate Change (5 Nov 2009)

Robin Harper: To ask the Scottish Executive whether the requirements for carbon capture and storage technology to be fitted to any new thermal power station in Scotland will be the same as the requirements set by the Department for Energy and Climate Change.

Scottish Parliament written answers — Environment: Environment (5 Nov 2009)

Robin Harper: To ask the Scottish Executive what communications its Energy Consents Unit has had with Ayrshire Power regarding the requirements for carbon capture and storage technology to be fitted to the proposed multi-fuel power station at Hunterston.

Scottish Parliament written answers — Energy: Energy (4 Nov 2009)

Robin Harper: To ask the Scottish Executive what dialogue it has had with the Department for Energy and Climate Change regarding the requirement for carbon capture and storage technology to be fitted to all new thermal power stations.

Scottish Parliament: Marine Scotland Bill: Stage 1 (29 Oct 2009)

Robin Harper: John Farquhar Munro expressed concern about paying too much attention to scientists and marine science because it might slow things up. However, the problems that we face exist because we have consistently ignored scientists' advice not only for decades but for centuries. We must heed the scientific advice if we are to make any improvement in our marine environment. Many of the committee's...

Scottish Parliament: Marine Scotland Bill: Stage 1 (29 Oct 2009)

Robin Harper: The Liberal Democrats have already voiced their concerns in that area. All that I have to say on that issue at present is that it is clearly up for further discussion. However, I believe that science is still being driven into a corner. If the point of the bill is to get healthy seas and restore the marine environment, the science must come first. We would be well advised to follow the UK...

Scottish Parliament written answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (27 Oct 2009)

Robin Harper: To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Scottish Environment Protection Agency has recently issued guidance to the demolition industry or landfill operators to ensure that construction waste containing special or hazardous materials, such as plastic foam insulation containing ozone-depleting substances from steel-clad buildings, is disposed off correctly.

Scottish Parliament written answers — Drug and Alcohol Misuse: Drug and Alcohol Misuse (16 Sep 2009)

Robin Harper: To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of the outcome of a recent application of the Rush system of analysis to the likely need for drug and alcohol treatment facilities in Scotland, for what reason many of the beds available for such treatment are unoccupied.

Scottish Parliament written answers — Energy Efficiency: Energy Efficiency (10 Sep 2009)

Robin Harper: To ask the Scottish Executive for what reason energy performance certificates (EPC) without data for new dwellings will be registered by local authorities as scanned computer files, given that the Homes Energy Efficiency Database (HEED) can register both EPCs and the underlying input data for new buildings.

Scottish Parliament written answers — Energy Efficiency: Energy Efficiency (10 Sep 2009)

Robin Harper: To ask the Scottish Executive whether, when sufficient information is available, the Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP) can be used to create a more accurate energy performance certificate (EPC) for existing dwellings and conversions and whether such EPCs, with the underlying data, will be registered on the Homes Energy Efficiency Database alongside those based on reduced data SAP.

Scottish Parliament written answers — Energy Efficiency: Energy Efficiency (10 Sep 2009)

Robin Harper: To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-14827 by Stewart Stevenson on 23 July 2008, for what reason a suitable central register for energy performance certificates for existing non-domestic buildings and the underlying data has not yet been identified, given that such a register has been identified in England and Wales.

Scottish Parliament written answers — Energy Efficiency: Energy Efficiency (10 Sep 2009)

Robin Harper: To ask the Scottish Executive what procedures it will implement to ensure that the default values used in assessing existing non-domestic buildings are not routinely used to minimise the time required to produce energy performance certificates at the expense of an accurate rating.