To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to encourage the provision of broadband in the north-east of Scotland.

To ask the Scottish Executive what the rules are governing the granting of subsidies to companies taking part in the trials of satellite-accessed broadband to cover installation costs as referred...

To ask the Scottish Executive how many asymmetrical digital subscriber line enabled exchanges there are given the figures of 67 and 54 quoted respectively in Connecting Scotland: our broadband...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether there are any guidelines on the appointment of chairpersons of local enterprise companies (LEC).

To ask the Scottish Executive whether local enterprise companies should be led by people that have expertise in high-growth entrepreneurial multi-sector enterprises, in the light of recent...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish the environmental assessment that accompanied the application by the Central Science Laboratory for authorisation for an experimental permit...

To ask the Scottish Executive what consultations it had with the Home Secretary with regard to the changes in gun laws that would impact on the Scottish judiciary’s exercise of judicial...

To ask the Scottish Executive where the 15% figure in respect of possible future decommissioning originated and how this figure was calculated.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is now in a position to announce a package of financial assistance for Scotland’s fisheries-dependent communities.

To ask the Scottish Executive how often the ad hoc Committee of Ministers on Flooding has met; what matters it has discussed, and what decisions and conclusions it has reached.

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-31676 by Mr Jim Wallace on 26 November 2002, whether the ad hoc Committee of Ministers on Flooding now plans to invite...

To ask the Scottish Executive how it plans to fund improvements in quality associated with the new GP contracts and whether it will use a central fund for this purpose and, if so, what impact...

To ask the Scottish Executive how it is supporting the research advisory group on ME/chronic fatigue syndrome, appointed by the Medical Research Council (MRC).

To ask the Scottish Executive how it supports the work of the Medical Research Council.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many additional members of medical staff have been appointed to chronic pain clinics since 1 May 1999.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many full-time-equivalent (a) management and (b) clinical staff there have been in the Grampian NHS Board area in each of the last three years for which figures...

To ask the Scottish Executive what action has been taken to increase the number of nurses that have access to a workplace nursery and what resources have been made available to ensure that...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will report on the recent outbreak of disturbances at HM Prison Shotts in the light of the meeting between the Deputy First Minister and Minister for...

To ask the Scottish Executive what sources of funding are available for the provision of on-demand bus services.

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-32809 by Ross Finnie on 13 January 2003, what the flaw was in the study commissioned into public attitudes towards wind farms.

To ask the Scottish Executive which minister and department is responsible for deciding which towns appear on trunk road boundary signs.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the standard of work carried out by Amey Highways Ltd on the clearance of litter from the central reservations, verges, and slip roads of the A1, A720 and M8...

To ask the Scottish Executive what systems and mechanisms it utilises to monitor the clearance of litter carried out by Amey Highways Ltd from the central reservations, verges, and slip roads of...

To ask the Scottish Executive what sanctions and penalties it can impose if it assesses the work carried out by Amey Highways Ltd on the clearance of litter from the central reservations, verges,...

To ask the Scottish Executive what action will be taken following any findings by its expert panel on school meals that fizzy soft drinks, which are often available from vending machines in...

To ask the Scottish Executive how many job appraisal appeals were received under section 7.1 of the Scottish Executive staff handbook and the equivalent section of the former Scottish Office...

To ask the Scottish Executive when the Minister for Environment and Rural Development will present the National Waste Plan to the Parliament.

To ask the Presiding Officer what arrangements are being made to facilitate new members in taking the Oath of Allegiance in Scots following the elections to the Scottish Parliament in May.