Thursday, 20 March 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1O-6183 by Lewis Macdonald on 9 January 2003, what information it has received about whether the interim analysis of the...
To ask the Scottish Executive when it intends to announce its decision on whether to extend its proposed review of Barra air transport provision.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it supports the development of Oban Airport.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will instigate an income maximisation campaign for carers to increase benefit take-up and, if so, what steps it plans to take to do so.
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-34058 by Cathy Jamieson on 26 February 2003, when the review of the guidance on local authority plans for services for...
To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance or advice it gives to local authorities and other public sector employers on time off work for members of children's panels to attend children’s...
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-33598 by Ms Margaret Curran on 14 February 2003, whether the announcement on neighbourhood wardens will be made before...
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will be able to evaluate the "golden hello" scheme for dentists.
To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it plans to introduce in order to reduce drug-related crime in the north east.
To ask the Scottish Executive what concerns it has identified in respect of the Scottish Borders’ economy.
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to encourage young people to study science in schools.
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to improve literacy in secondary schools.
To ask the Scottish Executive how many school leavers in the Glasgow Springburn parliamentary constituency area left school and attained a higher qualification at a further or higher education...
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any emergency plans in respect of the termination on 31 March 2003 of an employment programme for 300 people by the East End Partnership Ltd and...
To ask the First Minister what action the Scottish Executive is taking to ensure that it has the full confidence of the business community.
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking following recent criticisms of Scottish Enterprise.
To ask the Scottish Executive how it plans to take forward its proposals to tender the Gourock to Dunoon ferry service, currently operated by Caledonian MacBrayne.
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress it has made in developing a strategic framework for the aquaculture industry.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the current provision of accident and emergency units in Glasgow is sufficient.
To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients have received a daily dose in excess of (a) 500 mls, (b) 300 mls, (c) 200 mls and (d) 110 mls of methadone in each of the last five years, broken...
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will publish the outcome of its review of higher education.
To ask the Scottish Executive what is being done to consider the implications for Scotland of the white paper on higher education in England published by the Department for Education and Skills...
To ask the Scottish Executive what advice it has given to Glasgow Housing Association Ltd regarding applying for charitable status.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any fingerprint evidence brought by the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service in criminal cases in the last five years from experts working for the...
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-31829 by Mr Jim Wallace on 3 December 2002, whether the fingerprint experts who gave evidence in the case of Shirley McKie...
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to introduce legislation to ensure that funds specifically exempt from arrestment such as social security benefits and working families' tax...
To ask the Scottish Executive when the task group reviewing the licensing provisions in the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 will report.
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made with the review of the licensing provisions in the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to review the boundaries of the Cairngorms National Park.
To ask the Scottish Executive when the Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (Grants) (Scotland) Scheme will be launched.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether retinal imaging is included in free tests on the NHS and what the reasons are for the position on this matter.
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress it is making in its policy on the location and relocation of public sector jobs.
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to stimulate the market for recycled goods.
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to regenerate deprived communities.
To ask the Scottish Executive when the Scottish Outdoor Access Code is to be finalised.
To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance has been given to local authorities on the implementation of the McCrone settlement in relation to promoted posts.
To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has received about the proposed promoted posts structure for teachers in the Argyll and Bute Council area.
To ask the Scottish Executive when the consultation paper on the proposed Tenements (Scotland) Bill will be published and how long the consultation period will be.
To ask the First Minister how VisitScotland plans to help safeguard the tourism industry in the light of international events.
To ask the Presiding Officer whether the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body includes in its contracts for the construction of the new Parliament building at Holyrood the requirement that...
To ask the Presiding Officer whether there has been any change to the latest estimate of £324 million of the cost of the Holyrood project; if so, what the estimate is now; whether the...