To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Scottish Ambulance Service intends for call handlers’ basic training to cover the importance of asking about a personal care plan in an identified...

To ask the Scottish Executive what training is in place for teachers and support staff to ensure that they are familiar with autistic children’s needs and can support them effectively.

To ask the Scottish Executive what its response is to the findings of a study commissioned by Barnardo’s that a significant minority of adults polled had negative views of children.

To ask the Scottish Executive what systems are in place to ensure children with learning difficulties are identified and supported.

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made on the consultation on a national trusted trader framework.

To ask the Scottish Executive what role it considers that credit unions have to play in times of economic downturn.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many crimes of dishonesty were recorded by each police force in each of the last 12 months.

To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of comments by Tom Halpin, Temporary Chief Constable of Lothian and Borders Police, reported in the Edinburgh Evening News on 15 November 2008, whether it...

To ask the Scottish Executive how it plans to address a shortage in early intervention and specialist support offered to children with dyslexia as described in a recent report by HM Inspectorate...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it agrees with the Mindroom survey published on 12 November 2008, which suggests that one schoolchild in every six may be affected by a recognised learning...

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to increase the proportion of school leavers in positive and sustained destinations.

To ask the Scottish Executive what advice it has taken on the potential health hazards of a 400kV electricity transmission line being routed near households and communities.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people are employed in the software industry broken down by (a) parliamentary constituency and (b) local authority area.

To ask the Scottish Executive when it will consult on implementing the recommendations of the Sullivan report, A Low Carbon Building Standards Strategy for Scotland.

To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has held with (a) Caledonian MacBrayne, (b) Western Ferries, (c) Argyll and Bute Council and (d) Highlands and Islands Enterprise regarding the...

To ask the Scottish Executive how much financial assistance is being given to registered social landlords (RSL) in 2008-09 to allow them to install sprinkler systems in their rental properties,...

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it has taken to involve former MSPs in its work.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider the Royal Concert Hall in Glasgow, including its frontage, approach steps and interior, for protected status under the Planning (Listed...

To ask the Scottish Executive how payment of the remainder of its £500 million contribution to the Edinburgh trams project will be phased, specifying anticipated (a) timescale, (b) size and...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether its contribution to the Edinburgh trams project will remain at £500 million if Phase 1b does not go ahead.

To ask the Scottish Executive how much radioactive waste from Hunterston B and Torness power stations has been sent to England for storage since May 2007.

To ask the Scottish Executive how it is exploring opportunities to accelerate the procurement of the Waverley line to bring forward the scheduled financial close from December 2010.

To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimate is of inflationary costs on the capital expenditure for the Waverley line between May 2007 and the scheduled commencement of construction by May 2011.

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-17913 by Stewart Stevenson on 18 November 2008, whether it considers rail fares in Fife to be fair, compared with the rest of...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will detail the issues that will be considered at the public local inquiry regarding the proposed Baillie wind farm in Caithness.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it believes that the omission of ornithology, construction, transport and local public opinion from consideration at the Baillie wind farm public local...

To ask the Scottish Executive how many road traffic accidents resulting in (a) injury and (b) fatality there have been on the A70 within the (i) south Ayrshire and (ii) east Ayrshire local...

To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects to receive a report of the findings of the public local inquiry into the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route.