To ask the Scottish Executive what the total costs were of staging the recent The Same As You conference at Heriot Watt University in conjunction with the National Autistic Society and Scottish...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any evidence that wind turbines pose any threat to birds and what research it has commissioned into this matter.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will report on the outcome of the recent meeting of the British-Irish Council in Jersey.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it carried out any performance assessment process prior to the reappointment of the Chairman of Caledonian MacBrayne; who was consulted in connection with...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether all assessments for the implementation of free personal care on 1 July 2002 have been carried out.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many pensioners have benefited from its central heating installation programme.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether there are any new developments in its community regeneration policies.

To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it is introducing in order to tackle drug dealers.

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress is being made in tackling indiscipline in schools and in addressing concerns over violence against teachers.

To ask the Scottish Executive what the level of unemployment in (a) Edinburgh South and (b) Scotland has been in each year from 1992 to 2002.

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-25425 by Lewis Macdonald on 21 May 2002, whether Caledonian MacBrayne has been guided by either the Executive or Her...

To ask the Scottish Executive how it plans to take forward its proposals to tender the Clyde and Hebrides ferry service currently operated by Caledonian MacBrayne.

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps are being taken to protect Scotland's historic fishing rights during current negotiations on the Common Fisheries Policy.

To ask the Scottish Executive what action it will take to ensure an equitable system of rating of gear stores for the aquaculture and fishing industries.

To ask the First Minister whether sufficient measures have been taken to prevent any recurrence of the foot-and-mouth disease epidemic.

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-26283 by Ross Finnie on 5 June 2002, what stakeholders will be consulted on the finalised strategy for enhancing disease...

To ask the Scottish Executive what new proposals it has to address the number of GPs resigning in the Highlands.

To ask the Scottish Executive what advice it has sought about the position of the Belgian Government in regard to crop trials of genetically modified oil seed rape and what information it has...

To ask the Scottish Executive how many test sites of genetically modified crops there are and where each such site is situated.

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-17343 by Angus MacKay on 29 August 2001, how many websites offering devolved government services online, other than those...

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress is being made in eradicating any health inequalities between deprived areas and the rest of Scotland.

To ask the Scottish Executive when the Fife Structure Plan will be approved.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people are being treated under the NHS for stress or stress-related conditions.

To ask the Scottish Executive when the expert group on local service reconfiguration, referred to on page 26 of Our National Health: A plan for action, a plan for change , will be appointed.

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to discuss with Communities Scotland the responsibility for maintenance costs of amenity areas and unadopted roads and paths that have been passed...

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has for the future development of housing investment in Edinburgh.

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it will consider taking in respect of the use of restorative justice models in order to encourage effective work against re-offending.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is monitoring Learning Disability Services Change Fund monies in order to ensure that such monies are used to improve services to people with learning...

To ask the Scottish Executive when it will publish its response to the consultation paper Review of Liquor Licensing Law in Scotland

To ask the Scottish Executive which local authorities provide a textphone service.

To ask the Scottish Executive what the total costs involved in setting up the MMR Expert Group were.

To ask the Scottish Executive what the costs were of (a) entertaining, (b) transporting and (c) accommodating all the members of the MMR Expert Group.

To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been spent on air travel for (a) staff and (b) patients by each NHS board in each of the last three years.

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to reduce median waiting times for people awaiting cataract operations.

To ask the First Minister what support the Scottish Executive will give to the development of new nuclear power stations.

To ask the Scottish Executive when the report of the Expert Working Group on Nutritional Standards will be published.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will support the implementation of a conditional right of appeal for objectors against decisions on planning applications.

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-26164 by Mr Jim Wallace on 5 June 2002, whether the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland is consulting health and...

To ask the Scottish Executive how many employees in each police force are currently absent from work on a long-term basis, broken down by grade.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many employees in police forces are currently absent from work having been medically diagnosed as suffering from (a) stress, (b) work-related stress or (c) a...

To ask the Scottish Executive what action is being taken to deliver on the commitment made in the UK Parliament in 1998 to extend the provisions of the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 in...

To ask the Scottish Executive how many employees in the Scottish Prison Service are currently absent from work on a long-term basis, broken down by grade and region.

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to support the re-opening of the Edinburgh south suburban railway as a passenger rail route.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will present the directions and guidance for the next Scottish passenger rail franchise to the Parliament before it sends them to the Strategic Rail...

To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking in order to encourage more children to walk to school.

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress is being made with the renovation and building of schools.

To ask the Scottish Executive when it will reach a decision on the application by Dumfries and Galloway Council to close Laurieston Primary School in Kirkcudbrightshire.

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-18362 by Nicol Stephen on 22 November 2001, what the (a) average number of children held in secure accommodation and (b) total...

To ask the Scottish Executive in which secure accommodation facilities girls are held together with boys.

To ask the Scottish Executive when it will publish its response to the report of the Expert Panel on Sex Offending, Reducing the Risk: Improving the response to sex offending .

To ask the Scottish Executive how many of its employees are currently absent from work having been medically diagnosed as suffering from (a) stress, (b) work-related stress or (c) a...

To ask the Scottish Executive what its strategy is for dealing with its employees who suffer from stress, work-related stress or a stress-related condition.

To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance it issues to public bodies on the management of stress at work.

To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made of the impact of abolishing tuition fees and reintroducing student bursaries on the number of school leavers attending higher education.

To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking ahead of the First Minister’s attendance at the United Nations World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg in August

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-25969 by Ms Margaret Curran on 6 June 2002, when it will put into effect the principles and processes aimed at making it...

To ask the Scottish Executive what action it will be taking to tackle youth crime and disorder.