To ask the Scottish Executive what provision has been made in its budget plans to support the proposals by HITRANS for improved air services for the Highlands and Islands; whether a specific...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the length of public service obligation (PSO) relating to air routes should be increased from three years and, if so, what the duration should be; whether a...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether powers will be delegated to it from Her Majesty’s Government to allow it to take decisions about public service obligations for flights within Scotland...

To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on legal advice which HITRANS has obtained to the effect that there is no legal impediment to the creation of public service obligations within...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is aware of any challenge made within any EU state in respect of the application of a public service obligation to any air route or routes which has been...

To ask the Scottish Executive what study it has made of the possible economic impact of the proposed HITRANS scheme for air travel within the Highlands and Islands and how many additional jobs...

To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects the Partnership Agreement proposal for a study into the possible benefits of cheaper flights in the Highlands and Islands to be implemented and...

To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of the Royal National Institute for the Blind report, Buy Your Own White Stick! , whether it has any plans to issue clear national guidelines on what...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will study the research published in The Lancet on 16 May 2005 on the relative effectiveness of MRI scanners compared with X-rays in detecting breast...

To ask the Scottish Executive what response it will make to the research published in The Lancet on 16 May 2005 on the relative effectiveness of MRI scanners compared with X-rays in detecting...

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress is being made in identifying and meeting the diverse needs of Scotland’s city regions.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will review the Scottish Forestry Strategy with the objective of comprehensively addressing climate change considerations, such as through the potential...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will subsidise communities which have access to satellite broadband only, given that satellite broadband is more expensive than ADSL broadband.

To ask the Scottish Executive what the take-up rate has been for the Education Maintenance Allowance since its roll-out in August 2004, broken down by local authority area.

To ask the Scottish Executive which of its funding streams are able to support schemes to provide or improve local play facilities for children and young people.

To ask the Scottish Executive what funding it has made available to provide or improve local play facilities for children and young people and what proportion of this was actually spent on...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to develop a national strategy for play.

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to implement the recommendations of Getting Serious About Play - A Review of Children’s Play .

To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to ensure that people in the Highlands have access to the full range of training and retraining opportunities needed in a modern economy.

To ask the Scottish Executive how young people will be equipped with skills for jobs through initiatives such as Project Scotland.

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking in support of migrant workers working in Scotland on contracts of less than one year being able to open accounts with Scottish banks.

To ask the Scottish Executive what its definition is of the precautionary principle.

To ask the Scottish Executive how it has applied the European Commission’s Action Plan on Better Regulation; how many regulatory impact assessments have been conducted by the Executive; how...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S2W-283 and S2W-15775 by Cathy Jamieson on 4 June 2003 and 4 May 2005, whether it intends to consult anyone to whom an order...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S2W-283 and S2W-15775 by Cathy Jamieson on 4 June 2003 and 4 May 2005, why it did not carry out a consultation on the effect of...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will designate Reliance Secure Task Management Ltd as a public authority under section 5 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 in respect of...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-16268 by Mr Tom McCabe on 11 May 2005, what the specific date is on which the Fresh Talent Working in Scotland Scheme will be...

To ask the Scottish Executive what action is being taken to address the prevalence of osteoporosis amongst women.

To ask the Scottish Executive what the current level of choice is for stoma patients who wish to obtain their appliances from a number of sources and how this will change after April 2006.

To ask the Scottish Executive what impact the implementation of the Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations 2004 under Directive 2001/20/EC will have on the establishment rate and...

To ask the Scottish Executive in what way electronic entitlement cards will be different from any UK identity cards.

To ask the Scottish Executive what the operating costs were of the Strathclyde Safety Camera Partnership in 2003-04.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether its Justice Department has any plans to support forensic pathology training for junior medical staff and, if so, whether such training will include...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the judicial appointments process is working satisfactorily.

To ask the Scottish Executive how it will ensure that the victim’s interests are taken into account when considering whether a home detention curfew is applied.

To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on where the UK Supreme Court should be located.

To ask the Scottish Executive what opportunity it has had to make its views known to the UK Government on the proposal for a European Council Framework Decision on the retention of data processed...

To ask the Scottish Executive what the purpose is of the ministerial powers of direction contained in the Management of Offenders etc. (Scotland) Bill and under what circumstances such powers...

To ask the Scottish Executive when it will reply to my letter of 12 April 2005 regarding prescription charges for cancer sufferers.

To ask the Scottish Executive what visits were made by each minister and deputy minister between (a) 22 March and 5 May 2003 and (b) 22 March and 5 May 2004 and what visits are scheduled to take...

To ask the Scottish Executive how much the NHS has spent on capital equipment since 1990 in (a) cash and (b) real terms, broken down by NHS board.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many stoma specialist nurses there are, broken down by NHS board area.

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-4103 by Mr Tom McCabe on 26 November 2003, what guidance is available to NHS boards on applying to Scottish ministers for...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-16051 by Ms Margaret Curran on 29 April 2005, what the maximum length of time was to give substantive answers after holding...

To ask the Scottish Executive what concerns have been reported by (a) NHS boards and (b) patients in light of the plan to discontinue the option of supply of stoma appliances on a prescription...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-16107 by Cathy Jamieson on 4 May 2005, why the Scottish Prison Service sees no benefit in making an assessment of the progress...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-15607 by Colin Boyd QC on 18 April 2005, whether the operators of HM Prison Kilmarnock will incur performance points under...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-8626 by Cathy Jamieson on 11 June 2004, how long it took for each prisoner released in error by Reliance Secure Task...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-8434 by Cathy Jamieson on 8 June 2004, how public safety or public order might be endangered by the provision of the...

To ask the Scottish Executive how many days of Scottish Prison Service staff time have been taken each month in monitoring the effective delivery of services by Reliance Secure Task Management...

To ask the Scottish Executive how many prisoners absconded from Scottish prisons whilst on work placements or other agreed temporary leave in each year since 1999.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it would consider an MSP representing the constituency in which HM Prison Kilmarnock is located as a "properly interested body", as defined in paragraph 29.1...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-8623 by Cathy Jamieson on 16 June 2004, whether it will place in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre a copy, suitably...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to provide funding for improvements to Perth train station.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to reduce the number of Care Commission inspections of care homes.

To ask the Scottish Executive when it will introduce interim targets for road transport reduction or stabilisation.

To ask the Scottish Executive what criteria are used to determine whether a pedestrian crossing should be installed at any particular location on a trunk road.

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to provide rest areas and facilities along the M8.

To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to improve the Broxden roundabout on the outskirts of Perth where there has been a number of accidents involving heavy goods vehicles...

To ask the Scottish Executive what action it has taken to ensure that the Enforcement Concordat is implemented throughout its departments and agencies.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many of its staff have been appointed to oversee the work of the task force charged with the regeneration of Moray’s economy.

To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with the (a) UK Government and (b) European Commission regarding the use of state aid for shipbuilding in (a) Scotland and (b) other...

To ask the Scottish Executive what its estimates have been of the total deer population on the island of Rum in each year since Scottish Natural Heritage has had ownership of the island.

To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body how many snagging faults have been reported in Holyrood and, of these, how many remain unresolved.

To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what the time limits are for remedying snagging faults in Holyrood.

To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body how snagging faults in Holyrood are prioritised to ensure that potentially hazardous snagging is dealt with speedily.

To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body how reports of snagging issues in Holyrood are logged and prioritised.

To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body whether it will consider appointing a specialist team or official to manage and resolve outstanding snagging issues around Holyrood.

To ask the Presiding Officer whether additional security personnel will be required to ensure that there is sufficient cover available to enable staff to take lunch between 12.00 noon and 2.00 pm...

To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body whether it has proposed a date for the next SPCB Question Time and, if so, what that date is.