Monday, 18 December 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress it has made in considering the future siting of the Scottish Agricultural Science Agency.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there are any proposals to provide more family support services and educational provision for those with autism.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has discussed the issue of discretionary bursaries with the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities and, if so, what conclusions were reached.
To ask the Scottish Executive how much the Scottish Office spent on consultancy services in each year from 1995-96 to 1998-99; how much the Executive spent on consultancy services in 1999-2000,...
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any member of the Dental Action Plan Support Group is based in Aberdeen or elsewhere in the North East Scotland parliamentary region.
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to reduce bullying in schools.
To ask the Scottish Executive why "Education for Sustainable Development" has been dropped as a cross-curricular aspect of the national guidelines for the 5-14 curriculum.
To ask the Scottish Executive why Scotland accounts for only 3.9% of UK service sector exports, as reported in the Scottish Council for Development and Industry’s May/June 2000 Indicator,...
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-11236 by Mr Sam Galbraith on 29 November 2000, whether it assesses flood prevention needs on a strategic basis or responds to...
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-11237 by Mr Sam Galbraith on 29 November 2000, what the extent is of the increased high flows in the River Clyde in the last...
To ask the Scottish Executive what the latest position is on the electronic tracing system for cattle in Scotland.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there is a need for coherent epidemiological research into ME and, if so, what funding it is providing for this purpose.
To ask the Scottish Executive how many Alzheimer’s patients are currently receiving treatment with Aricept, Rivastigmine or Galantamine, broken down by health board area, and what...
To ask the Scottish Executive how many allergy clinics there are in Scotland and whether there is any shortage of allergists.
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the letter of 15 February 2000 to me from the Minister for Health and Community Care regarding haemophiliacs infected with hepatitis C, when the Minister...
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of students at Scottish universities come from (a) outwith Scotland; (b) other EU countries, and (c) outwith the EU.
To ask the Scottish Executive what criteria it is using to measure the level of success in widening access to higher education.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will allocate resources to meet the costs of its proposals on homelessness which are to be included in the forthcoming Housing Bill.
To ask the Scottish Executive, for each of the first five years of the initiative, what the budget is for Individual Learning Accounts, what the financial headings within the budget are and how...
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will make a statement on the reports and recommendations of the NHS Pay Review Bodies.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will make representations to the Department of Trade and Industry in support of licences for North Sea exploration being withheld from companies who are...
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1O-2717 by Sarah Boyack on 14 December 2000, what further progress has been made in ongoing negotiations with Her Majesty’s...
To ask the Scottish Executive in what ways the British Tourist Authority seeks to promote Scotland as an arrival and gateway destination for the rest of the UK.