To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will report on the outcome of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council held in Brussels on 16-19 December 2002.

To ask the Scottish Executive what studies are being conducted in prisons and other custodial and residential centres into the relationship between nutritional deficiencies and biomedical...

To ask the Scottish Executive what funding it will make available for improvements in the quality and quantity of audiology equipment to support modernisation of NHS audiology services.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the number of (a) children and (b) adults identified as suffering from an autistic spectrum disorder has reduced or increased over the last three years and...

To ask the Scottish Executive how many licenses have been applied for by fisheries boards to cull piscivorous birds in each of the last five years; how many applications for such licenses were...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether Scottish Natural Heritage and other wildlife experts are consulted before licences to kill piscivorous birds are issued; on how many occasions licences have...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish any scientific evidence it has that shows that killing mergansers and goosanders on rivers has resulted in an increase in migratory fish...

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to ensure that all young people from the age of 14 have the option of a personal life plan.

To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to ensure the smooth transition of young people with a disability to adult social work and health services.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has held any discussions with Her Majesty's Government with regard to amendments to the proposed European directive on consumer credit.

To ask the Scottish Executive how it can ensure that blood products do not contain new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD).

To ask the Scottish Executive how many children have access to an after school club.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it holds any information on the (a) percentage and (b) number of firefighters that have additional jobs.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether police officers were involved in visiting the sites of reported fire incidents to assess the severity of such incidents during the strikes by firefighters...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether there is a national fire safety strategy that includes the aim of reducing the incidence and severity of fires and, if not, whether it intends to develop...

To ask the Scottish Executive how many firearms licences have been removed from gamekeepers in each year since 1999.

To ask the Scottish Executive what the total catch of salmon was in 2002, broken down by area and type of fishery.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the cost of the Holyrood project will continue to be met from the Scottish block grant; what steps it can take, or is taking, to minimise or control the...

To ask the Scottish Executive what improvements in meeting targets and overall performance are being considered in respect of the conduct of sittings of the High Court, in the light of the...

To ask the Scottish Executive what improvements in the management of circuits of the High Court are being considered and what the responsibilities will be for the oversight of circuit managers of...

To ask the Scottish Executive what improvements are being considered in the time to be made available to advocates depute for the preparation of trials allocated or to be allocated to them, in...

To ask the Scottish Executive what arrangements have been made or are being considered to safeguard the independence of all categories of appointment as High Court prosecutors, in the light of...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether procurators fiscal appointed as ad hoc advocates depute will be required to hold extended rights of audience before the High Court, in the light of the...

To ask the Scottish Executive what arrangements are proposed or are being considered to ensure equality of treatment among the pool of eligible candidates from which advocates depute might be...

To ask the Scottish Executive what arrangements are proposed or are being considered regarding the marking of cases by members of the procurator fiscal service for trial by sheriff and jury, in...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-30100 by Mr Jim Wallace on 23 October 2002, whether it has now received the initial recommendations emerging from the review...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Scottish passenger rail franchise will be relet in April 2004.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the gritting of the A1 trunk road on the morning of 17 December 2002 was in compliance with its contract with Amey Highways Ltd; what road traffic accidents...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-32128 by Lewis Macdonald on 18 December 2002, whether any independent research has been carried out into the effectiveness of...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-30876 by Dr Richard Simpson on 18 November 2002, whether it will give a breakdown of costs for each of the studies undertaken...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-30876 by Dr Richard Simpson on 18 November 2002, whether the Know the Score study by Lambda Research and Consultancy will be...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-30876 by Dr Richard Simpson on 18 November 2002, whether the cost for the Know the Score study by Lambda Research and...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the formula used to determine the funding of fire brigades relies too heavily on statistics derived from FBRI forms completed after fires, given that these...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it provides any specific support for housebound, sensory-impaired people to have supported or discounted access to the internet.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the written evidence on the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill given by the Scottish Gamekeepers’ Association (SGA) to the Justice 2 Committee for its...

To ask the Presiding Officer on what date, or dates, since the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body accepted responsibility for the Holyrood project, the specification for blast and bombproofing...

To ask the Presiding Officer on what date the decision was taken to put out to tender the works package for the windows and cladding work for the MSP block of the new Parliament building at...

To ask the Presiding Officer, further to his answer to question S1W-32047 on 11 December 2002, whether the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body has yet seen the contents of the quarterly...