To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will make a statement regarding the justification for the genetic crop research being carried out in Scotland, and give an assurance that no experiment in...

To ask the Scottish Executive how many contractors have already been paid for disposing of rendered material from the BSE cattle cull, who these contractors are, and how much each has been paid.

To ask the Scottish Executive how it is intending to dispose of the rendered material from the BSE cattle cull which still remains in storage and what the estimated cost of disposing of the...

To ask the Scottish Executive how many tonnes of rendered material from the BSE cattle cull are currently held in storage and how much does it cost per storage location per month to store this...

To ask the Scottish Executive how many tonnes of rendered material from the BSE cattle cull have been disposed off and what method has been used for its disposal.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether any material from the BSE cattle cull other than rendered material has been disposed of and, if so, what was this material and how was it disposed of.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many tonnes of rendered material from the BSE cattle cull have been disposed of by dispersal on land.

To ask the Scottish Executive what guidelines are in place to ensure that there is no cross-pollination between fields involved in the programme of managed development of herbicide tolerant...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-164 by Ross Finnie on 23 June 1999, how many times the Ministerial Committee on Rural Development has met to date; how often...

To ask the Scottish Executive to specify the amount and market value of Intervention Board beef held in Scotland on the first day of each calendar month since March 1996.

To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects a Scottish abattoir to be designated as "export only".

To ask the Scottish Executive what consultation it has had with Her Majesty’s Government regarding the programme of managed development of herbicide tolerant genetically modified crop...

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to ensure the security and safety of sites in Scotland being used for the programme of managed development of herbicide tolerant genetically...

To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of the total costs of the Scottish section of the programme of managed development of herbicide tolerant genetically modified crop trials it is...

To ask the Scottish Executive to specify the number of Scottish sites involved in the programme of managed development of herbicide tolerant genetically modified crop trials, the location of each...

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to amend the Environmental Protection Act (1990) to give Environmental Protection Officers power to require a person to give their name and address...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to fund an equivalent Scottish audit to the Department of Health funded National Sentinel Audit into epilepsy-related deaths in England.

To ask the Scottish Executive to provide an estimate of the total annual value of feuduties eligible from properties in Scotland and the cost of collection.

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-286 by Mr Jim Wallace on 30 June 1999, whether it will publish its proposed modifications to the Scottish Law...

To ask the Scottish Executive what action it proposes to take to ensure that local authorities pay their bills from private suppliers and contractors on time.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether there is an intention to increase the number of civilians working in the police force in the future.

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-136 by Ross Finnie on 17 June 1999, what consultation has taken place with regard to a replacement for Rural Forum.

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps are being taken to ensure that minority sports in Scotland are represented on sportscotland, given the opportunity that the two present vacancies offer to...

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps are being made to ensure that sportscotland takes steps to recognise and encourage Scotland’s sporting heritage.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will ensure that consultation and implementation of Sport 21 will include representatives of minority sports.

To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions have taken place with sportscotland regarding a re-location of their headquarters from Edinburgh.

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps will be taken to encourage other bus companies to follow the "overground" initiative announced by the First Bus Group in Glasgow this week.