Former Green MSP for Lothians
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress it is making in ensuring that all diesel multiple units in the First ScotRail fleet comply with the current EU Non-Road Mobile Machinery Directive (1997/68/EC) and what preparations are being made to ensure compliance with tighter guidelines to come into effect in 2011.
To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated final cost is of the A68 Dalkeith Northern Bypass.
To ask the Scottish Executive how the estimated final cost of the A68 Dalkeith Northern Bypass was calculated.
To ask the Scottish Executive how opportunity costs, such as loss of amenity, were factored in to the estimated final cost of the A68 Dalkeith Northern Bypass.
To ask the Scottish Executive at which financial year’s prices the estimated final cost of the A68 Dalkeith Northern Bypass is expressed.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the estimated final cost of the A68 Dalkeith Northern Bypass includes a figure for VAT and, if so, how much.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the estimated final cost of the A68 Dalkeith Northern Bypass includes the costs of access roads, pedestrian and bicycle facilities, preparatory works, including engineering and surveying, and other associated costs.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that efforts by local authorities to meet the requirements of the EU landfill directive should focus on waste reduction and increased rates of reuse and recycling and whether these methods would be more timely and cost-effective than incineration.
