Thursday, 18 November 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will make representations to Her Majesty’s Government regarding the extension to small to medium businesses in Scotland which are not limited...
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any further plans to promote its Scotland in Europe campaign.
To ask the Scottish Executive what factors explain the 30% decrease in the value of manufactured drink exports in the year 1999 Q2 announced in News Release SE1161/1999, and what level of...
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will explain in detail how the method used to deflate the total manufactured export figures (for the latest four quarters compared to the previous four...
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-2238 by Donald Dewar on 28 October 1999, what specific matters of mutual interest were discussed at the last meeting between...
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to alter the Scottish salmon fishing season from February until October to March until November in order to take account of climatic change over...
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to lift the restrictions on scallop farms that have fallen within the permitted toxin level on two consecutive tests.
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-1010 by Susan Deacon on 6 October 1999, whether the location of each new trial site for genetically modified crops will be...
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is taking steps to evaluate how widespread the use of lead solder within domestic drinking water is.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Age of Legal Capacity Act (1996) affords children under 16 the right to request a medical, dental or eye examination without parental consent.
To ask the Scottish Executive what is the planned percentage increase in the health budget in 2000-01 in real terms.
To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of the overall health budget is accounted for by labour costs, broken down by staff type and grade for the current financial year.
To ask the Scottish Executive what measures are in place to ensure that those who suffer from post-meningitis illnesses receive adequate healthcare.
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the Ministerial statement by Susan Deacon on 27 October 1999, whether the funding for the meningitis C vaccination programme is intended to be targeted...
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it can confirm that land originally set aside for Phase Three of the Queen Margaret Hospital has now been sold off by Fife Health Board and, if so, for what...
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it will cost Fife Health Board to establish one ambulatory care hospital and one non-ambulatory hospital in Fife.
To ask the Scottish Executive what were the details of the funding packages, in terms of both annual amounts and percentage changes between years, provided to Fife Health Board over the past...
To ask the Scottish Executive how much money is currently being spent in Scotland on research into prostate cancer.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will estimate the amount saved on prescription fraud since patients were required to provide evidence of entitlement to exemption from prescription...
To ask the Scottish Executive (a) what action it is taking to limit the risk of disease exposure from blood products factors VIII and IX produced from large donor pools of up to 20,000 donors and...
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it can provide on research into motor neurone disease.
To ask the Scottish Executive why no Scottish Minister or official Scottish representative attended the fifty strong UK delegation to the two day justice seminar in Tampere, Finland in view of...
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to increase the number of women appointments to public bodies.
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-2027 by Ross Finnie on 28 October 1999, why the priority areas for funding as announced on 1 October 1999 have been decided...
To ask the Scottish Executive what consultation took place between itself and the Department for Education and Employment in relation to the submission of evidence to the Independent Committee of...
To ask the Scottish Executive what is the total cost to date of the Ossian Project and what is the cost of the report by Deloitte & Touche.
To ask the Scottish Executive when it last met the Chief Executive of Caledonian MacBrayne and what issues were discussed.
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will next meet with representatives of the North of Scotland Water Authority.