To ask the Scottish Executive whether any studies have been made of the effects of exposure to advertising on children; whether any action is planned as a result of such studies, and, if no such...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will make representations to the Secretary of State for Productivity, Energy and Industry seeking the transfer of energy-related civil service jobs from...

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to address the shortage of skilled tradesmen.

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress is being made on implementing the Scottish Biodiversity Strategy in respect of enhancing protection afforded to ancient woodland.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will appoint a national Lisbon co-ordinator under the revised Lisbon strategy in line with European Commission guidance and, if so, when it will do so and...

To ask the Scottish Executive what the employment levels in the aquaculture sector are currently and have been in each of the last six years.

To ask the Scottish Executive which countries are considered to be likely to provide the most applicants to the Fresh Talent initiative and which countries it is targeting in relation to the...

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps have been taken to assess the impact on rural areas and industries such as agriculture and fisheries of rising road fuel prices.

To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated costs are to be incurred by (a) Lothian and Borders Police, (b) Lothian and Borders Fire Brigade, (c) the Scottish Ambulance Service, (d) NHS...

To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it will take to tackle health care-associated infections in the NHS.

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made on increasing the awareness of the public to the dangers of too much exposure to the sun and of unregulated use of sunbeds.

To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance was issued to NHS boards to safeguard their staff who were displaced by single system working.

To ask the Scottish Executive when the new standards for patients waiting for diagnostic tests and procedures will be published.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to establish a register of lupus sufferers.

To ask the Scottish Executive what role the NHS is playing in the delivery of the Executive’s targets on cycling.

To ask the Scottish Executive what action has been taken to increase the availability of affordable housing.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether any impediments exist in Scots law to the provision of Islamic mortgages and, if so, what action it will take to remove these.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many civil cases have been brought against psychiatric services in the NHS in each of the last five years for (a) wrongful detention, (b) misdiagnoses and (c)...

To ask the Scottish Executive what consultation has been undertaken with the local community prior to the publication of the draft Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park Plan.

To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance is issued to police forces regarding the recruitment of police officers from minority backgrounds.

To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance is issued to police forces regarding the recruitment of female police officers.

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-16162 by Cathy Jamieson on 10 May 2005, what stages of the new project to replace the criminal history system database will be...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-16163 by Cathy Jamieson on 10 May 2005, what the cost will be of the preparations undertaken for a procurement exercise to...

To ask the Scottish Executive what the staff turnover rate has been in each (a) prison and (b) young offenders institution in each of the last three years.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) apparent and (b) attempted suicides there have been in each (i) prison and (ii) young offenders institution in each of the last three years.

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-16157 by Cathy Jamieson on 12 May 2005, whether it will provide a list of (a) invitees, (b) attendees, (c) MSPs in attendance...

To ask the Scottish Executive what provision it has made in the franchise to First ScotRail for expansion of the West Highland Line service by (a) more train journeys and (b) securing extra...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has made any arrangement to prevent the destruction of redundant sleeping cars stored by Porterbrook Leasing to enable these cars to be used as extra...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will carry out a feasibility study into the (a) cost per unit of refurbishing the redundant sleeping cars stored by Porterbrook Leasing for use on the...

To ask the Scottish Executive what action it will take to ensure that the redundant sleeping cars stored by Porterbrook Leasing are not scrapped and can be used on the West Highland Line if the...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-16014 by Lewis Macdonald on 26 April 2005, when it will publish its new sustainable development strategy and what (a)...

To ask the Scottish Executive what provision it will seek, in connection with the proposed rail link from Glasgow Airport to Glasgow city centre, for park-and-ride schemes to encourage users of...

To ask the Scottish Executive what impact the creation of a rail link between Glasgow airport and Glasgow city centre would have on reducing traffic from the M8 to the city centre (a) without and...