Maureen Watt: To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been spent on the treatment of Crohn’s disease and colitis in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board.
Maureen Watt: Does the minister agree that it would help the oil and gas industry in the recruitment and retention of its workforce if Labour politicians stopped saying that oil was running out? Saying that is a vain attempt to scare Scottish voters into thinking that Scotland is too poor to look after itself. If those politicians said that there was still much oil to come out of the North sea and that the...
Maureen Watt: I thank the committee clerks for their work in keeping track of the changes that the committee wanted to make. I also thank the many people who gave evidence in helping the committee to make its response to the bill as introduced. The debate has been a good one that has not been conducted along party lines. I welcome the changes that the minister announced. The key purpose of the bill is to...
Maureen Watt: I am pleased that the Executive has made a commitment to seeking an order at Westminster, after the bill has been passed, to give the courts the power to disqualify from driving people who are convicted of kerb crawling, if appropriate. I hope that the message that Parliament sends today is that violence towards, and degradation of, women by men who want to purchase sexual services is...
Maureen Watt: To ask the Scottish Executive how many cases of motor neurone disease there have been in each NHS board area since 1999.
Maureen Watt: To ask the Scottish Executive how much each NHS board has spent on care for people with motor neurone disease since 1999 and, in particular, on the motor neurone care team service which operates with support from the Scottish Motor Neurone Disease Association.
Maureen Watt: To ask the Scottish Executive whether there are any plans to increase spending to meet the needs of the motor neurone care team service, in light of the commitment by the Scottish Motor Neurone Disease Association to meet 50% of the costs.
Maureen Watt: To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of aggregate external finance allocated to each local authority is provided through specific grants.
Maureen Watt: To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of the increase in aggregate external finance allocated to each local authority in 2007-08 will be provided through specific grants.
Maureen Watt: To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding per capita each local authority will receive in aggregate external finance in 2007-08.
Maureen Watt: To ask the Scottish Executive how many women have been charged with soliciting in each of the last five years, broken down by police board area and showing year-on-year percentage changes.
Maureen Watt: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to improve road access to Aberdeen from the south.
Maureen Watt: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to upgrade the current road infrastructure at the Bridge of Dee in Aberdeen.
Maureen Watt: To ask the Scottish Executive how many dental practitioners have offered NHS dental services in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board and showing year-on-year percentage changes.
Maureen Watt: To ask the Scottish Executive how many adults have been registered with an NHS dentist in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board and showing year-on-year percentage changes.
Maureen Watt: To ask the Scottish Executive how many children have been registered with an NHS dentist in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board and showing year-on-year percentage changes.
Maureen Watt: To ask the Scottish Executive how many adult NHS dental patients have been deregistered in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board and showing year-on-year percentage changes.
Maureen Watt: To ask the Scottish Executive how many child NHS dental patients have been deregistered in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board and showing year-on-year percentage changes.
Maureen Watt: To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) men and (b) women have been treated for eating disorders in each NHS board area in each year since 1999, broken down by condition for which they were treated.
Maureen Watt: To ask the Scottish Executive what steps are being taken to raise awareness about eating disorders in men among health professionals and the general public in order that sufferers of these conditions can be identified at as early a stage as possible when treatment is most effective.
