Friday, 11 February 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what meetings it has had with representatives of aggregates and quarrying interests in connection with proposals for an Aggregates Working Party to take an overview...
To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has had from aggregates and quarrying interests in Scotland in connection with the proposed aggregates tax, and what representations it has...
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Lord Advocate was aware of or conveyed to the Fatal Accident Inquiry into the Chinook helicopter crash on Mull of Kintyre in 1994 the fact that the HC2...
To ask the Scottish Executive what support it provides to neighbourhood watch schemes and other community groups to prevent crime.
To ask the Scottish Executive how many teachers and interpreters for deaf people there are at present in Scotland.
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-3442 by Mr John Home Robertson on 24 January 2000, what were the total costs of the (Electricity) Fisheries Committee for each...
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it will take to remedy the problems with the cervical screening systems in the Fife, Forth Valley and Tayside Health Board areas and what action it...
To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients with multiple sclerosis, considered eligible for beta interferon treatment, are being denied such treatment on grounds of cost.
To ask the Scottish Executive, in the light of the recent announcement by Fife Health Board on the proposals to transfer maternity services to Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy and transfer the "care"...
To ask the Scottish Executive what involvement it has had in Fife Health Board’s review of services in Fife, and whether it will make a statement about the resignation of Fife Health...
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-2766 by Susan Deacon on 8 December 1999, whether it will specify a maximum time period in days, weeks or months which it...
To ask the Scottish Executive why oncology patients suffering stomach and intestinal problems are having to wait up to 24 weeks for a barium x-ray diagnosis.
To ask the Scottish Executive what efforts it is making to reduce waiting times for oncology patients requiring x-ray examinations in Glasgow hospitals.
To ask the Scottish Executive what the likely impact is on patient mortality of having to wait 24 weeks for an ultrasound scan or barium x-ray diagnosis.
To ask the Scottish Executive what the current average waiting time is for patients awaiting (a) coronary artery bypass grafts and (b) other cardiac surgery in each health board area.
To ask the Scottish Executive what funding was set aside for allocation to each health board to cope with any potential winter epidemic and whether that funding has proved to be sufficient in...
To ask the Scottish Executive what compensation was paid to each Chief Executive for loss of office at each outgoing NHS Trust in 1999.
To ask the Scottish Executive, in the light of the recent publication of reports and recommendations from the NHS Pay Review Body (PRB) and subsequent announcements regarding pay rises for staff...
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it will take to ensure that there is no further cancellation of elective surgery at the Queen Margaret Hospital, Dunfermline.
To ask the Scottish Executive what reports it has received from its representatives on the chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis working group.
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it proposes to take to address the problems of sufferers of myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME).
To ask the Scottish Executive how many nurses entered training in Scotland during the last three academic years 1996-97, 1997-98 and 1998-99.
To ask the Scottish Executive how many nurses left the NHS in Scotland in the last three years.
To ask the Scottish Executive how many doctors left the NHS in Scotland in the last three years.
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to publish and implement the recommendations of the report of the Expert Advisory Group on Infertility Services in Scotland.
To ask the Scottish Executive how many medical students commenced training in the last three academic years 1996-97, 1997-98 and 1998-99.
To ask the Scottish Executive what additional human resources will be required and what additional costs will be incurred by Lothian and Borders Police in respect of the Organisation for Economic...
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to increase the number of front-line police officers and special constables and to improve police response times.
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans are in place to educate and assist beekeepers in dealing with the effects of the varroa jacobsonic mite and of other bee ailments and whether it has any...
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of the £43 million new monies made available to social work in Scotland for the year 2000-01 has been allocated to Glasgow and where this ranks...
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to improve financial support to part-time students and whether this will form part of its full response to the Cubie Report.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will make representations to Her Majesty’s Government on matters relating to the Cubie Committee’s proposals for new and increased benefits...
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it will cost to modify the relevant computer systems to reflect the changes to the tuition fees system and who will meet these costs.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will outline the criteria used to assess applications for signage to visitor attractions, hotels and other accommodation from trunk roads and motorways.
To ask the Scottish Executive to provide details of any research relating to rural transport which it is currently funding or has funded in the last year and of any future plans to fund such research.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide detailed information drawn from the National Transport Survey or elsewhere on the use of taxis, broken down for each council area, in respect...
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide detailed information drawn from the National Transport Survey or elsewhere on the use of taxis in respect of (i) the average distance of taxi...
To ask the Scottish Executive what proposals it has to encourage the conversion of taxis to liquid petroleum gas (LPG) and to encourage local authorities to make their LPG supply outlets...
To ask the Scottish Executive what proposals it has for the licensing of taxi radio dispatch services.
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to improve road safety.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether water and sewerage charges for domestic customers in the North of Scotland Water Authority area will increase in 2000-01 and, if so, by how much; whether it...
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will set up a public inquiry, convened in Inverness, to inquire into the North of Scotland Water Authority’s financial planning, in particular...
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to commission or request any study into the impact of rising water charges on low income families.
To ask the Scottish Executive what guidelines it has issued to the three water authorities regarding consultation with, and accountability to, local communities.