Duncan Hamilton: To ask the Scottish Executive when and where the consultative seminars on the Scottish Environment Protection Agency planned for September and beyond will take place.
Duncan Hamilton: To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to support Argyll and Bute Council in its efforts to provide a regular and sustainable ferry service between Islay and Jura.
Duncan Hamilton: To ask the Scottish Executive on what date it intends to reply to the application by Argyll and Bute Council to the Public Transport Fund for money to upgrade the Islay to Jura ferry service.
Duncan Hamilton: To ask the Scottish Executive how many employees in the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service are currently absent from work on a long-term basis.
Duncan Hamilton: To ask the Scottish Executive how many employees in the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service are currently absent from work having been medically diagnosed as suffering from (a) stress, (b) work-related stress or (c) a stress-related condition.
Duncan Hamilton: To ask the Scottish Executive what efforts it is making to ensure the provision of broadband technology to those areas not covered by the commercial market.
Duncan Hamilton: To ask the Scottish Executive what response it has made, or plans to make, to the approach from Argyll and Bute Council seeking compensation for the claim made against the council by Kyndal Spirits on Jura for £225,000 as a result of a disruption of local ferry services.
Duncan Hamilton: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has ever instructed or directed the Scottish Environment Protection Agency to seek any derogation in respect of the implementation of the European Waste Water Directive.
Duncan Hamilton: To ask the Scottish Executive what opportunities there will be for local authorities, interested parties and the general public to contribute to the review of the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) announced on 28 May 2002 and when the review is expected to be completed.
Duncan Hamilton: To ask the Scottish Executive how many of its employees have been absent from work owing to sickness for (a) less than one month, (b) between one and two months, (c) between two and three months, (d) between three and six months, (e) between six and 12 months and (f) longer than a year.
Duncan Hamilton: To ask the Scottish Executive what extra funding it has made available to Argyll and Bute Council to implement in full the requirements of the McCrone settlement.
Duncan Hamilton: To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-26283 by Ross Finnie on 5 June 2002, on what date the finalised strategy for enhancing disease surveillance is expected to be (a) put forward for stakeholder consultation and (b) published following the consultation.
Duncan Hamilton: To ask the Scottish Executive what funding it has made available for the treatment of diabetes.
Duncan Hamilton: To ask the Scottish Executive what research it has funded on stress and, in particular, work-related stress in each of the last three years.
Duncan Hamilton: To ask the Scottish Executive how many employees in the Scottish Prison Service are currently absent from work having been medically diagnosed as suffering from (a) stress, (b) work-related stress or (c) a stress-related condition.
Duncan Hamilton: To ask the Scottish Executive how many assessments on free personal care for elderly people are still outstanding in (a) Argyll and Bute NHS Board area and (b) the Highlands and Islands.
Duncan Hamilton: To ask the Scottish Executive when the report of the review of the Scottish Environment Protection Agency is expected to be published.
Duncan Hamilton: On a point of order, Presiding Officer.
Duncan Hamilton: My point of order is about question time.
Duncan Hamilton: I seek your guidance on the fact that, at 12 o'clock today—the last plenary day before the recess—the Executive announced the new ferry services for the Clyde and the Hebrides. That announcement is extremely important to many members' constituents. Will you confirm that, under rule 13.8 of standing orders, an emergency question for today's question time would have had to be lodged before...