To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will review the operation of the Conservation of Seals Act (1970) to ensure that enforcement arrangements are as effective as possible.

To ask the Scottish Executive when the Scottish Fee Support Review Committee under Sir George Quigley will report and make recommendations on the effects of the decision that English, Welsh and...

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps have been taken to ensure that public sector organisations which are within its general responsibility and who are able to borrow in European currencies,...

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to require local authority pension funds to have formal statements of investment principles setting out policies of socially responsible investment.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many cochlea transplants have been undertaken within the NHS in Scotland over the last five years.

To ask the Scottish Executive to specify the locations where cochlea transplants have taken place throughout the last five years, and the number of transplants recorded at each location.

To ask the Scottish Executive when it intends to publish the guidelines on fertility treatment in Scotland as commissioned from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish average waiting times for patients requiring IVF treatment for each health board in Scotland.

To ask the Scottish Executive to specify the actual expenditure of each health board in Scotland in the last financial year on IVF treatment and the estimated expenditure in the current financial...

To ask the Scottish Executive what statistics are available about the numbers and percentage of junior doctors whose hours of work are beyond the New Deal limits and what plans it has to ensure...

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to ensure that existing security measures are reviewed and, if necessary, upgraded in all NHS hospitals in Scotland and in particular at Monklands...

To ask the Scottish Executive what is the catchment area of, and population served by Ayr Hospital and Crosshouse Hospital, Kilmarnock.

To ask the Scottish Executive in the light of Her Majesty’s Government Select Committee on Health’s recommendations made during the week ending 23 July 1999, what proposals does it...

To ask the Scottish Executive to specify the number of nursing posts that were (a) vacant and (b) permanently held open in (i) 1996-97, (ii) 1997-98 and (iii) 1998-99, for each NHS Trust in Scotland.

To ask the Scottish Executive to specify the number of nursing posts, in this financial year, that are (a) vacant and (b) permanently held open, for each acute hospital trust and primary care...

To ask the Scottish Executive which Minister has responsibility for human rights issues and what its responsibilities are under the European Convention on Human Rights and other international...

To ask the Scottish Executive how many cases of alleged child abuse by former care staff in residential care homes have been reported to the Procurator Fiscal; how many prosecutions have come to...

To ask the Scottish Executive what are the most up-to-date plans for the premises used by Scotland’s Law Officers in Whitehall and whether these will be available as the key location to...

To ask the Scottish Executive how many staff have been appointed to the Scottish Legal Aid Board since 1 April 1999 and what is the nature and grade of their appointments.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many Scottish Legal Aid Board staff have (a) resigned; (b) been dismissed from their posts, and (c) been suspended since 1 January 1999 and what categories of...

To ask the Scottish Executive what targets are set by the Scottish Legal Aid Board for (a) response to telephone calls; (b) response to letters; (c) assessment of accounts in civil legal aid,...

To ask the Scottish Executive how many staff are employed by the Scottish Legal Aid Board and what is the disposition of these staff.

To ask the Scottish Executive what proposals it has for public sector Ombudsmen, whether it plans a review of all Ombudsmen’s functions as is happening in England, and whether it will take...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the financial position of Rural Forum Scotland has been monitored and, if so, whether it will provide details of such monitoring.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether there has been any consultation with other rural development organisations prior to the discontinuance of funding to Rural Forum Scotland.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any responsibility for the administration of social security schemes in Scotland and, if so, what is the extent of the responsibility.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to adhere to the expenditure plans for motorways and trunk roads improvement in the period 1999 to 2002 as outlined in Serving Scotland’s...

To ask the Scottish Executive to specify the funds which have been allocated to the Warm Deal for the period 1 July 1999 to 31 March 2000 and for the years 2000-01 and 2001-02.