Thursday, 12 June 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will ensure that the carriage of human organs for transplant by blue-light ambulance service vehicles will be considered a medical emergency and exempt...
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has commissioned an inquiry into accidents involving deer; if so, why the inquiry was commissioned; what its remit is; who will conduct it; how much it...
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with Her Majesty’s Government regarding the economic impact of employment restrictions on asylum seekers in Scotland.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has made any assessment of the economic impact of reducing business rates to the same level as England.
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to ensure that the highest standard of care is provided to elderly people residing in all care homes.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will give a breakdown of awards made to communities within the Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber constituency from the Community Safety Awards Programme,...
To ask the Scottish Executive what assessments it is making of the operation of its care in the community policies.
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it will take to support credit unions.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether its pledge to offer free dental check-ups for all will apply to every dental surgery and what agreement has been reached with the dental profession on this...
To ask the Scottish Executive when Analysys will complete its forward look into the development of broadband services.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish the report by Analysys into the development of broadband services and, if so, when and, if it will not publish the report, what the reasons...
To ask the Scottish Executive what action has been taken to ensure that patient information leaflets are available in accessible formats such as Braille and large print to comply with the...
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it has taken to reduce drug-related crime.
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to develop accessible eating disorder units in each region.
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to develop a patient record IT database accessible for 24 hours a day for use by the emergency services.
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will make an announcement on the proposal to build a 400-megawatt natural gas-fired generating station at Westfield in Fife.
To ask the Scottish Executive how many community agents have been appointed by local enterprise companies in each of the last five years; what expenditure was incurred in making such...
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will amend the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 in order to empower local authorities to introduce a licensing scheme for vendors of fireworks.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any losses to individual scallop fishing vessels caused by a reduction in dredge numbers would be proportionate to any potential conservation gains.
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-34605 by Mr Andy Kerr on 24 March 2003, how much of the £1.8 million allocated to the rates relief scheme for the white...
To ask the Scottish Executive what input it will seek from the Parliament on decisions relating to the forthcoming European legislation to restrict food supplements.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will arrange to meet the football authorities to discuss the future of football.
To ask the Scottish Executive what contribution Scotland is making to the genetic modification national public debate.
To ask the Scottish Executive what the statistical changes, as identified by the Information and Statistics Division of the Common Services Agency, have been in all acute speciality activities in...
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) emergency and (b) non-emergency admissions there were to the (i) paediatric and (ii) maternity units of each hospital in the (1) Ayrshire and Arran, (2)...
To ask the Scottish Executive how many children under 16 were admitted to the paediatric units in each hospital in the (a) Ayrshire and Arran, (b) Argyll and Clyde, (c) Dumfries and Galloway, (d)...
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will end postcode prescribing in the Highlands, given that Highland NHS Board has set up a task group to manage implementation of guidance of new drugs...
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to tackle the rise in sexually-transmitted infections among men.
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress it has made in respect of paying compensation to people who have contracted hepatitis C and similar diseases from treatment with contaminated blood...
To ask the Scottish Executive for what minimum length of time universities are required to hold student records.
To ask the Scottish Executive what requirements there are for universities to maintain records of a student’s date of graduation and type of degree or diploma awarded and for how long any...
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it was aware that homeowners would be liable for VAT charges for factoring as a result of the Glasgow housing stock transfer before the transfer took place
To ask the Scottish Executive whether former local authority housing tenants now transferred to housing partnerships maintain the same rights to purchase their properties.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any financial burden arising from delays in the purchase of former local authority properties by tenants under the right to buy caused by the transfer of...
To ask the Scottish Executive what research it has undertaken on the Norwegian Government's policy of providing a level of loan for housing based on the meeting of certain criteria, such as...
To ask the Scottish Executive when the Minister for Transport will next visit the Stirling district.
To ask the Scottish Executive what records it will keep of the number of visits by ministers to each constituency over the course of this session of the Parliament and whether it will keep...
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to question S1F-2580 by Mr Jack McConnell on 13 March 2003, when it will make an announcement on secure funding for mountain rescue teams.
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will take forward its commitment in A Partnership for a Better Scotland to protect and enhance the coastline and whether areas such as Wester Ross or the...
To ask the Scottish Executive what the annual loss of income would be if the non-domestic rates poundage is reduced to 44.4p and how this figure is calculated.
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to develop specialist nursing posts.
To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Executive will regard as the "resolution of waste management issues", as referred to in A Partnership for a Better Scotland , before supporting the...
To ask the Scottish Executive from whom it buys its electricity and what proportion is generated from renewable resources.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has conducted a safety review of junctions on the A9 between Perth and Stirling.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is satisfied that temporary trunk road closure orders to facilitate community events such as gala days and common ridings are fully effective.
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will increase the availability of affordable housing in rural areas.
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it has taken to support school transport.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether unelected representatives on local authority education committees are entitled to vote on a school closure following the statutory closure procedure.
To ask the Scottish Executive how the working capacity of a school is assessed for the purposes of the statutory school closure process and whether the methodology used is consistent with other...
To ask the Scottish Executive what procedures and guidelines are in place to ensure that Scottish Enterprise considers the background and previous employment history of companies and individuals...
To ask the Scottish Executive whether Scottish Enterprise was aware that Solutions RMC and Mr Tony Freeman were being investigated by the Scottish Charities Office during the period when...
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will institute an inquiry into the awarding of public funds by Scottish Enterprise to Solutions RMC.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the procedures and guidelines operated by Scottish Enterprise offer adequate safeguards for public funds when it considers applications from individuals and...
To ask the Scottish Executive whether Scottish Water has any plans to close its customer call centres in Glasgow and Dundee and consolidate provision in Edinburgh.
To ask the Scottish Executive which of the three call centres currently operated by Scottish Water is considered the most efficient and on what basis this view was reached.
To ask the Scottish Executive what cost-benefit analysis underpinned Scottish Water’s call centre proposals and whether information on such analysis is publicly available.
To ask the Scottish Executive what consultation was undertaken with (a) trade unions and staff, (b) the Water Industry Commissioner for Scotland and (c) the Water Customer Consultation Panels...
To ask the Scottish Executive whether a comparison can be provided between the costs of consolidating Scottish Water’s call centres and the costs of the current operation.
To ask the Scottish Executive what the wider economic and environmental benefits and disadvantages would be of any centralised Scottish Water customer call centre in Edinburgh.
To ask the Scottish Executive how many jobs will be lost in (a) Glasgow and (b) Dundee if Scottish Water’s plan to consolidate its call centres is implemented.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it was (a) consulted on, (b) informed of or (c) approved Scottish Water’s call centre proposals.
To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has made to Scottish Water about the provision of the public water supply for Carrbridge.
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it has taken, or plans to take, to address the low levels of public awareness of any health risks of passive smoking, as referred to in Smoking Policies...
To ask the Scottish Executive what impact mechanical ventilation systems have on any health risks associated with passive smoking.
To ask the Scottish Executive what impact separating a room into smoking and non-smoking areas has on any health risks associated with passive smoking.
To ask the Scottish Executive what impact signage advising the public about the smoking policy of a business has on any health risks associated with passive smoking.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it provides guidance to education authorities on educating children with language and learning difficulties in Picture Exchange Communication System or...
To ask the Scottish Executive how many special educational needs therapists there were in (a) 1999-2000, (b) 2000-01, (c) 2001-02 and (d) 2002-03, broken down by local authority area, with...
To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance is issued regarding the design for school buildings under private finance initiatives and public private partnership contracts to ensure that they meet...
To ask the Scottish Executive what additional funding was given by each local authority in (a) 1999-2000, (b) 2000-01, (c) 2001-02 and (d) 2002-03 to assist in the policy of inclusivity in...
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to promote tourism in the Scottish Borders.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to introduce a programme similar to the proposed futurebuilders programme developed by HM Treasury.