To ask the Scottish Executive what account it has taken of any representations received from the National Farmers Union Scotland on the impact of any revised proposals drafted by the EU...

To ask the Scottish Executive what proposals it has to fund managing agents on an equal basis in respect of all students entering modern apprenticeships, regardless of their age.

To ask the Scottish Executive what proposals it has to fund modern apprenticeships to the same level that they are funded in England.

To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to give every child access to affordable child care.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it monitors staff training in nursing and residential homes.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide increased and ring-fenced funding to schools for their technical departments.

To ask the Scottish Executive what the timetable is for the second stage of the review of initial teacher education and who will be commissioned to carry it out.

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-33067 on 21 January 2003, what it estimates the likely percentage change will be in school rolls by 2011 in (a) the South...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether there are any representatives from the fish processing sector on the Seafish Industry Authority and what the reasons are for the position on this matter.

To ask the Scottish Executive what assistance it will provide to the fish processing sector.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many cattle herds in former foot-and-mouth disease-infected areas have been re-stocked since the lifting of foot-and-mouth disease restrictions; how many herds...

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of (a) three- and (b) four-year-olds in the (i) City of Edinburgh and (ii) East Lothian council area are in pre-school education.

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it will take to ensure that the private developer that installed traffic lights on the A96 trunk road at Bath Terrace, Nairn, fulfils the undertaking...

To ask the Scottish Executive how much was spent on road building in the North Ayrshire local authority area in (a) 1996-97, (b) 1997-98, (c) 1998-99, (d) 1999-2000, (e) 2000-01 and (f) 2001-02.

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to appoint an official to promote equine matters within the rural economy.

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to appoint a dedicated team within its Environment and Rural Affairs Department to promote equine matters within the rural economy.

To ask the Scottish Executive what representations have been made to the Scottish Agricultural College regarding any proposed closure of the Auchincruive site and, if it is to close, what...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will respond to the latest proposals regarding the future of the Scottish Agricultural College's Aberdeen campus at Craibstone and, in particular, whether...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-34201 by Peter Peacock on 5 March 2003, when it will make its decision on the request for grant funding from the Association...

To ask the Scottish Executive who its and its executive agencies and non-departmental public bodies' representatives are on the board of the Paisley Partnership Regeneration Company.

To ask the Scottish Executive what procedures sportscotland have in place to ensure that Netball Scotland will not suffer financially from having been misgraded to level 3, before being...

To ask the Presiding Officer what plans there are to publish bound volumes of the Official Report for meetings of the Parliament in the first parliamentary year.