To ask the Scottish Executive what the average size of farm holdings has been in each of the last 10 years.

To ask the Scottish Executive how much fertiliser, pesticides, herbicides and other chemical farm inputs was used and how much, and what value, was imported from overseas in the most recent year...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is concerned about the increase in many childhood cancers, as recorded in Childhood Cancer in Scotland 1975-1999, published by the Information and...

To ask the Scottish Executive what research is on-going into childhood cancer incidence in Scotland.

To ask the Scottish Executive what research it funds into possible environmental causes of childhood cancer.

To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on the number and percentage of households with a domestic connection to the internet.

To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on the number and percentage of households with a domestic connection to the internet, broken down by (a) local authority area and (b)...

To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on the percentage of households with a domestic connection to the internet, broken down by socio-economic group.

To ask the Scottish Executive what initiatives it is supporting to increase access to home computers and internet usage and what the extent has been of the take-up to date.

To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to improve the range and quality of statistics that it collects in relation to the performance of the economy.

To ask the Scottish Executive when the national development officer at Learning and Teaching Scotland will publish a report on outdoor education.

To ask the Scottish Executive what its policy is in respect of outdoor education.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many outdoor education centres there are and what the average waiting times are for accessing courses, broken down by local authority.

To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it had made to the UK Government in respect of the EU mercury export ban.

To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with Her Majesty’s Government regarding the regulation of pesticides by the Pesticide Safety Directorate and, in particular, the...

To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with Her Majesty’s Government regarding the impact on biological alternative products of the Pesticide Safety Directorate’s...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the issue of litter floating in watercourses is addressed in current environmental legislation.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Environmental Protection Act 1990 includes provision for responsibilities for litter floating in watercourses.

To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on the number of "hits" the discrimination section of the Equal Opportunities Commission Scotland website has had in the last year.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has read and considered the report adopted on 10 May 2005 by the European Parliament’s Temporary Committee on Policy Challenges and Budgetary Means...

To ask the Scottish Executive what its view is on the report adopted on May 2005 by the European Parliament’s Temporary Committee on Policy Challenges and Budgetary Means of the Enlarged...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will carry out a study of the economic importance of sea angling.

To ask the Scottish Executive, following the implementation of the new General Medical Services (GMS) contract, what the average GP earns in Scotland; how much of a rise in earnings there has...

To ask the Scottish Executive how many operations were cancelled in (a) 2003-04 and (b) 2004-05, broken down by NHS board area.

To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has collected, as part of its on-going work to create a directory of housing support services, on housing support providers across Scotland and...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list all studies into (a) housing design, (b) sustainable building techniques and (c) innovative housing that it funded in each of the last five...

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made on the creation of a directory of housing support services and when the final directory will be available.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many jobs there have been in the manufacturing sector in each year since 1990.

To ask the Scottish Executive what the contribution of the manufacturing sector to gross domestic product has been in each year since 1990, shown in cash and percentage terms.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many police officers have taken early retirement in each of the last five years, broken down by police force area.

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to support clinicians in establishing and conducting clinical trials under the Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations 2004.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients were waiting for elective in-patient admission (a) in total, (b) for less than three months, (c) for three to five months, (d) for six to eight...

To ask the Scottish Executive how many businesses there have been in each year since 1993 with a rateable value for non-domestic rate purposes of (a) less than £3,000, (b) £3,000 or...

To ask the Scottish Executive what the revenues from non-domestic rates have been in (a) cash and (b) real terms in each year since 1993, broken down by rateable values of (a) less than...

To ask the Scottish Executive to what extent the provisions of the Environmental Assessment (Scotland) Bill will apply to the building of new nuclear power stations and associated facilities.

To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding, excluding staff costs, has been invested in rehabilitation programmes for (a) female and (b) male prisoners in each year since 1999.

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of the total (a) female and (b) male prison population has been recorded as having an alcohol problem in each year since 1999.

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of the total (a) female and (b) male prison population has been recorded as having a drug addiction problem in each year since 1999.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it gave prior written approval of the training given by instructors to new employees shown in the BBC documentary on HM Prison Kilmarnock, broadcast on 9...

To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on the statement made by its spokesperson in Scotland on Sunday on 27 March 2005, when referring to the head of office and First Secretary for...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-1579 by Cathy Jamieson on 10 May 2005, how the figure of 125 recorded incidents of racism in 2003-04 was calculated when...

To ask the Scottish Executive what the target date is for reopening the railway station at Laurencekirk.

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to construct a direct link from Dyce railway station into Aberdeen Airport.

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to increase car parking facilities at Stonehaven and Portlethen stations as part of the Aberdeen Crossrail project.

To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding it is committed to contributing to Laurencekirk Station.

To ask the Scottish Executive when a decision will be made on the route of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route.

To ask the Scottish Executive why the two routes to the west of Peterculter were included as options for the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has sought to negotiate a purchase of the Camphill Trust estate at Myrtle for a sum sufficient to allow for total relocation of the community to a new...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will confirm the statement by the former Minister for Transport, Lewis Macdonald, that the southern route of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route has...

To ask the Scottish Executive when the positions of all junctions on the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route will be confirmed.

To ask the Scottish Executive what the target date is for completion of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route.

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to introduce supervisors on school transport to ensure that drivers are not distracted and that good order is maintained.

To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with head teachers with regard to disruptive behaviour by pupils travelling on school transport.

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-15946 by Mr Tom McCabe on 11 May 2005, what the cost of overtime payments was for the 67 ministerial staff, broken down by (a)...

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to improve the search facility on its official website to provide greater access to public information.

To ask the Scottish Executive when the voluntary sector strategic funding review action plan will be published.

To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body how many cubic metres of paper waste have been collected from the paper recycling bins throughout the Parliament’s buildings in each year...