Tuesday, 3 May 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will support moves to prevent the alcohol industry targeting sales of alcohol to children through its sponsorship of sport.
To ask the Scottish Executive what it considers to be adequate overnight ambulance cover for areas outwith the immediate vicinity of accident and emergency services.
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made by the Scottish Cancer Research Network, since the announcement of £1 million in 2002 to support its development, in respect of...
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-14635 by Rhona Brankin on 3 March 2005, whether it will publish an updated version of the answer reconciling the totals with...
To ask the Scottish Executive how much dentists will be paid to provide dental check-ups free to patients.
To ask the Scottish Executive how many dentists in each NHS health board area have agreed to provide dental check-ups free to patients.
To ask the Scottish Executive how many dentists currently practising in the private sector are intending to supply an NHS dental service in light of the recent announcements on oral health.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether free oral examination for people aged over 60 is available in all NHS board areas and how people who are eligible for such examination will be made aware of...
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any ministers have received an invitation from the Mayor of Doncaster or any representative of Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council to visit Doncaster or...
To ask the Scottish Executive how many fisheries officer posts there were in each of the last five years, broken down by port and taking into account unfilled and new vacancies, also showing...
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will amend section 20 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 to allow a third-party to request a review of a refusal to disclose information...
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to promote employment opportunities in Scotland and the Fresh Talent initiative at careers events at higher education institutions in Canada.
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to promote employment opportunities in Scotland and the Fresh Talent initiative at careers events at higher education institutions in Australia.
To ask the Scottish Executive how many NHS boards have chosen not to fund minor injuries services through general practices in their area under the new GP contract.
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-14446 by Mr Andy Kerr on 17 March 2005, in which specific locations the treatments for acoustic neuroma (a) ENT surgery, (b)...
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-14446 by Mr Andy Kerr on 17 March 2005, whether there are any treatments for acoustic neuroma that are not provided in...
To ask the Scottish Executive how many histopathology units there are in each NHS board area; how many it projects that there will be in (a) five years and (b) ten years, and what plans are in...
To ask the Scottish Executive how many adults and children receive hospital dialysis, broken down by Scottish Parliament constituency.
To ask the Scottish Executive how many adults and children receive home dialysis, broken down by Scottish Parliament constituency.
To ask the Scottish Executive how many adults and children have received a kidney transplant, broken down by Scottish Parliament constituency.
To ask the Scottish Executive how many adults and children are waiting for a kidney transplant, broken down by Scottish Parliament constituency.
To ask the Scottish Executive how many adults and children who receive renal replacement therapy live within the standard of 30 minutes travel time from hospital dialysis set by NHS Quality...
To ask the Scottish Executive what estimate it has made of the percentage increase in the number of adults requiring renal replacement therapy by 2010.
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-14008 by Mr Andy Kerr on 23 February 2005, whether it will publish an updated version of the answer reconciling the totals...
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-30891 by Dr Richard Simpson on 20 November 2002, whether it will publish an updated version of the answer reconciling the...
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-6233 by Ms Margaret Curran on 30 March 2004, whether it will publish an updated version of the answer reconciling the totals...
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-22518 by Ms Wendy Alexander on 13 February 2002, whether it will publish an updated version of the answer reconciling the...
To ask the Scottish Executive how many, and what percentage of, responses to its consultation on a strategic framework for the marine environment supported a Marine Act for Scotland.
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress is being made in implementing the national beef envelope and what its response is to any concerns by farmers that claims under the scheme have not been...
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it accepts the recommendations in the Calman report in respect of additional undergraduate medical student places and medical schools’ admission...
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has a policy on introducing charges for NHS patients, such as car parking and Patientline TV; whether it supports individual NHS boards levying such...
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to improve the NHS wheelchair repair service, in particular by addressing waits of up to four days with no temporary replacement chairs provided...
To ask the Scottish Executive what resources are currently provided in the NHS per week per patient to maintain wheelchairs.
To ask the Scottish Executive in which NHS board areas there is a shortage of consultant pathologists; how many consultant pathologist posts are currently filled by locum staff, and what plans...
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-7400 by Henry McLeish on 14 June 2000, whether it will publish an updated version of the answer reconciling the totals with...
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-15496 by Susan Deacon on 10 July 2001, whether it will publish an updated version of the answer reconciling the totals with...
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-15187 by Ms Margaret Curran on 24 March 2005, when it will provide a substantive answer to the question.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is planning to make it a criminal offence to disobey enforcement notices, stop notices and interim interdicts issued, or taken out, in the name of local...
To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration it gives to planning appeals where the applicant has ignored the notices of the local authority planning department.
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress it has made on its review of NHS prescription charges.
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-13423 by Ross Finnie on 25 January 2005, whether it will publish an updated version of the answer reconciling the totals with...
To ask the Scottish Executive what impact the action taken by NHS boards, and supported by the Executive, to boost the number of speech and language therapists will have on reducing waiting times...
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to prevent waste from the Republic of Ireland being dumped in Scottish landfill sites.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will remove Fermanagh Waste Recycling from the Register of Waste Carriers.
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-12957 by Tavish Scott on 20 January 2005, whether it has reached a conclusion on whether to conduct a review of the Game...