To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to reform the agriculture subsidy appeals system and whether it has made any representations to the European Union on this matter.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish all responses and evidence it received in respect of its consultation on tail docking.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will support the refurbishment of Castle Tioram.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many individuals are currently waiting for surveys as part of the central heating programme in each local authority area and, of these, how many have been...

To ask the Scottish Executive how many jobs under the free central heating programme have been completed by Scottish Gas.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many jobs it has been billed for by Scottish Gas under the central heating programme.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether Scottish Gas will meet its target of 6,000 central heating jobs to be completed under the central heating programme by the end of March 2007.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many central heating programme installations have been carried out by Scottish Gas, broken down by (a) postcode area and (b) fuel type.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many Warm Deal installations have been carried out by Scottish Gas, broken down by postcode area.

To ask the Scottish Executive what support is available to ensure that an island does not lose its only petrol station.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that the criteria for eligibility for grants for rural petrol stations should be relaxed in cases where the petrol station is the only one on an...

To ask the Scottish Executive how it will monitor the effect of reduced ferry fares for island residents on businesses located on the islands.

To ask the Scottish Executive to what extent the Crown Estate Commission submits regular reports to ministers and the Scottish Parliament on its Scottish operations, giving details of the number...

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made in growing the economy over the last 12 months.

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to develop and promote the metropolitan region approach in order to stimulate and grow the economy.

To ask the Scottish Executive what specific policies and resources it has put in place to stimulate and support corporate social responsibility.

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it has taken to encourage and promote flexible working practices in both the public and private sectors.

To ask the Scottish Executive how much time per annum is spent by each Scottish fishery patrol vessel in patrolling fishing grounds, also broken down into the time spent in each ICES...

To ask the Scottish Executive what total amount of time is spent by each Scottish fishery patrol vessel per annum in ICES (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea) area VIa.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many scallop fishing vessels were boarded by Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency officers in each of the last five years, broken down into those with (a) 10...

To ask the Scottish Executive what the ratio of offers to applications was for entry into undergraduate degree courses at each university, showing whether the applicant’s previous...

To ask the Scottish Executive what the ratio of offers to applications was for students domiciled in Scotland for entry into undergraduate degree courses at each university, showing whether the...

To ask the Scottish Executive what contact it has had with UK authorities in respect of the transfer of £425 million from the Big Lottery Fund and £250 million from other good causes...

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it is considering to minimise the impact of any reduction in lottery funding on sport and other good causes in Scotland.

To ask the Scottish Executive what new powers it is seeking under the UK Government’s consideration of the forthcoming Marine Bill.

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it has taken to promote Scottish beef abroad since the export ban was lifted.

To ask the Scottish Executive what benefits have been identified for Scotland from the London 2012 Olympic Games.

To ask the Scottish Executive what input it had to the Olympic Delivery Authority’s consultation on the transport plan for the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games in respect of...

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it is making to meet any additional workforce requirements for construction and transport infrastructure projects in Scotland associated with the London...

To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had, and intends to have, with the STUC or its affiliates regarding the impact on the Scottish workforce of the transport plan for the London...

To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding has been allocated to Stirling Council to develop and promote the planning system through online access.

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking, and what funding it is making available, to ensure that individuals and local organisations have access to advice and advocacy support to...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it expects to publish the findings of its review of NHS prescription charges and exemption arrangements prior to dissolution of the Parliament.

To ask the Scottish Executive what advertising was carried out for the new Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service; when and where the post was advertised; whether anyone was invited to...

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) men and (b) women held public appointments in each year since 1999 in (i) total and (ii) each public authority.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will give, in respect of each of the components of the cost of the Edinburgh Airport Rail Link, the original cost estimate on which it relied and the...

To ask the Scottish Executive how many local rail passenger journeys which started or finished in the Stirling area there were in each of the last five years.

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress it is making in ensuring that all diesel multiple units in the First ScotRail fleet comply with the current EU Non-Road Mobile Machinery Directive...

To ask the Scottish Executive what checks are carried out to ensure that jobs are safeguarded and created when a company has been awarded Regional Selective Assistance (RSA).

To ask the Scottish Executive what checks are carried out to establish whether applications for Regional Selective Assistance are from "phoenix companies".

To ask the Scottish Executive how many "phoenix companies" have been awarded Regional Selective Assistance in each year since 1999.

To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on the number of companies that have been in receipt of Regional Selective Assistance which are under investigation by the Companies...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether its Innovation and Investment Grants unit liaises with the Companies Investigation Branch of the Department of Trade and Industry about checks on companies...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether, in respect of the clawback of Regional Selective Assistance, there have been any occasions when funding has not been returned in full, showing in any such...

To ask the Scottish Executive how many companies have gone bankrupt after receiving Regional Selective Assistance and, in each case, how many jobs were lost and what the value was of the original...

To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has made to the UK Government concerning the number of companies in receipt of Regional Selective Assistance (RSA) that are operating without...

To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has made to the UK Government concerning any companies, in receipt of Regional Selective Assistance (RSA), that take National Insurance (NI)...

To ask the Scottish Executive what the shortest turnaround has been in days for obtaining Regional Selective Assistance (RSA) from application to (a) decision and (b) receipt of funding.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many road deaths there were (a) in each police board area and (b) on each individual road in each year since 1999, showing year-on-year percentage changes.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many road deaths occurred where excessive speed was a contributing factor in each police board area in each year since 1999, showing year-on-year percentage changes.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many road deaths occurred where the driver was using a mobile phone in each police board area in each year since 1999, showing year-on-year percentage changes.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many road deaths occurred where the person who died was not wearing a seatbelt in each police board area in each year since 1999, showing year-on-year percentage...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish the latest Route Accident Reduction Plan studies carried out on the B758.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many road traffic accidents there were on the B758 in each of the last five years and, of these, how many resulted in fatalities and serious injuries, broken...

To ask the Scottish Executive how many fatalities there have been on open roads in each of the last five years, broken down by police force area and expressed as a percentage of total fatalities...

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to improve signage for access to the Cairngorms from the A9.

To ask the Scottish Executive what the total cost will be of upgrading the A830 from Fort William to Mallaig from single to twin track road since the beginning of the project to completion,...

To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated final cost is of the A68 Dalkeith Northern Bypass.

To ask the Scottish Executive how the estimated final cost of the A68 Dalkeith Northern Bypass was calculated.

To ask the Scottish Executive how opportunity costs, such as loss of amenity, were factored in to the estimated final cost of the A68 Dalkeith Northern Bypass.

To ask the Scottish Executive at which financial year’s prices the estimated final cost of the A68 Dalkeith Northern Bypass is expressed.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the estimated final cost of the A68 Dalkeith Northern Bypass includes a figure for VAT and, if so, how much.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the estimated final cost of the A68 Dalkeith Northern Bypass includes the costs of access roads, pedestrian and bicycle facilities, preparatory works,...

To ask the Scottish Executive what information is available on the number of car journeys made on the B758 in each of the last five years.

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to consult and involve the communities of South Queensferry and West Lothian in respect of decisions about the type and location of a further Forth...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether, following a recent application, it will approve a bus route development grant for Lochaber from funds remaining in the Executive’s budget for this purpose.

To ask the Scottish Executive what the final cost was of the tendering exercise for the First ScotRail franchise that took effect from October 2004.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether full geological samples will be taken on all possible routes for a further Forth crossing.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the consultants involved in evaluating the potential routes and options for a further Forth crossing have relevant experience in building (a) bridges, (b)...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will undertake up-to-date studies on journey patterns for all vehicles crossing the River Forth to inform the decision on the best route for a further...

To ask the Scottish Executive how much transport expenditure there was in each (a) regional transport partnership and (b) local authority area in each of the last five years, also expressed on a...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that efforts by local authorities to meet the requirements of the EU landfill directive should focus on waste reduction and increased rates of...

To ask the Scottish Executive when the outline business cases of the (a) Lothians and Borders and (b) North and South Lanarkshire strategic options review groups on National Waste Plan funding...

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of household waste was recycled by each local authority in the most recent period for which information is available.