Tuesday, 2 December 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether powers to provide unwanted but essential treatment for a physical disorder can be obtained under Part 6 of the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000.
To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration has been given to allocating additional funds to prevent there being only one paramedic on air ambulance night-time flights.
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will next discuss with the Scottish Ambulance Service the issue of there being only one paramedic on air ambulance night-time flights.
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to make the system for charging for services fairer for carers.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will continue the Scottish Music Futures Fund.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it accepts that metabolic syndrome, a condition characterised by significantly elevated insulin levels, is the most common form of a pre-diabetic state and,...
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-16946 by Shona Robison on 5 November 2008, what evidence it has to suggest that insulin levels cannot be relied on as early...
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-16946 by Shona Robison on 5 November 2008, given that many countries across the world and many private laboratories in the...
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-16946 by Shona Robison on 5 November 2008, whether it accepts that people who develop type 2 diabetes have insulin resistance...
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it accepts that people who develop type 2 diabetes are likely to have demonstrated raised insulin levels for some years before they demonstrate raised...
To ask the Scottish Executive what the projected pupil numbers are for primary 1 to 3 classes from August 2010 for (a) Highland, (b) Orkney Islands, (c) Shetland Islands, (d) Comhairle nan Eilean...
To ask the Scottish Executive whether people on low incomes and pensioners are entitled to receive loft and cavity wall insulation and energy-saving devices free of charge and, if not, whether...
To ask the Scottish Executive, following Glasgow Fashion Week 2008, by what means Creative Scotland will support the fashion industry.
To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of NHS Lothian patients experiencing strokes was admitted to a specialist unit within 24 hours in each of the last three years.
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to put an end to inequality in the provision of physiotherapy, speech and occupational therapy services so that everyone has the same access...
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-17748 by Nicola Sturgeon on 19 November 2008, whether the information entered on the personal child health record is also...
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it believes that the Sheriffmuir battlefield in Stirlingshire (a) is associated with historical events or figures of national significance, (b) has...
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-4514 by Stewart Maxwell on 1 October 2007, what progress has been made towards the introduction of a tenancy deposit scheme.
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-17443 by Shona Robison on 13 November 2008, how many premature babies were born and what percentage of births this represented...
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-15631 by Shona Robison on 3 September 2008, whether it will provide information on the number of respite weeks reported to...
To ask the Scottish Executive how many children receive free school meals in (a) Highland, (b) Moray, (c) Argyll and Bute, (d) Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, (e) Orkney Islands and (f) Shetland...
To ask the Scottish Executive how many children receive free breakfasts in (a) Highland, (b) Moray, (c) Argyll and Bute, (d) Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, (e) Orkney Islands and (f) Shetland Islands...
To ask the Scottish Executive what action is being taken to ensure that all substance misuse services staff are trained in suicide risk assessment and prevention.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether staff in substance misuse services will be trained to develop knowledge, skills and capacity in psychological treatments to meet the mental health needs of...