To ask the Scottish Executive what action is being taken to tackle the number of pupils being suspended or expelled for alcohol-related issues from schools in mid Scotland and Fife, broken down...

To ask the Scottish Executive how many children of asylum seekers have been enrolled in higher education in each year since 1999.

To ask the Scottish Executive what it estimates the effect will be of the loss of habitat for bees following the end of set aside.

To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it is taking, or considering taking, to extend habitat for bees and other creatures following the ending of set aside.

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W–11422 by Stewart Maxwell on 24 April 2008, what the average daily waiting times was under the central heating programme...

To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions have taken place with representatives of South Lanarkshire Council regarding the implementation in every school in South Lanarkshire of the SNP...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether examples of good practice from other European countries regarding coastal protection will be considered when the Scottish Marine Bill is being drafted.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list those organisations representing the Muslim community that have received Scottish Government grants since May 1999, also showing the value of...

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to protect jobs in Edinburgh from the current economic downturn given the large number of city residents employed in the banking sector.

To ask the Scottish Executive what work will be undertaken by the Scottish European Green Energy Centre that is not carried out by the Scottish Government’s existing departments and agencies.

To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it is considering implementing to encourage a reduction in the use of plastic packaging.

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to promote fair trade.

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it has taken to ensure that Fairtrade products are used by agencies across the public sector.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many public agencies are working towards Fairtrade status.

To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance it issues to NHS boards regarding the administering of fentanyl patches for the purposes of palliative care.

To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with pharmaceutical companies regarding the development of sedative patches for patients in palliative care who are unable to take oral...

To ask the Scottish Executive which housing associations in East and West Dunbartonshire will share in the £4.1 million to fund land purchase by housing associations for future developments,...

To ask the Scottish Executive, in relation to the £1.4 million announced on 27 November 2008 to fund the purchase of suitable unsold housing stock from the private sector in Falkirk and...

To ask the Scottish Executive, in relation to the £1.4 million announced on 27 November 2008 to fund the purchase of suitable unsold housing stock from the private sector in Falkirk and...

To ask the Scottish Executive what the Home Report advertising and communication budget is for 2008-09.

To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it plans to have with housing associations on investment reform.

To ask the Scottish Executive what advice and support it intends to offer to Scottish university and college students if they refuse to comply with the UK Government’s ID card scheme.

To ask the Scottish Executive when the last offensive weapons amnesty took place in Scotland and how many weapons were collected in each police board area.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that the Air Quality Screening Tool for Biomass Combustion in Scotland as identified in the report prepared for the Scottish Government entitled...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that individuals and businesses that cause pollution should be required to pay to clean up that pollution.

To ask the Scottish Executive how the announced £7.5 million to support its poverty framework will be spent in each of the next three financial years, broken down by local authority.

To ask the Scottish Executive what the benefit to the Scottish economy will be from having an excess of subsidised wind farm electricity generating capacity if this electricity is exported and...

To ask the Scottish Executive how many single outcome agreements with local authorities include outcomes relating to recycling.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether local authorities will be penalised for not achieving their agreed outcomes on recycling.

To ask the Scottish Executive which community recycling projects have received support since the announcement on 24 January 2008 of £2.5 million of government funding over three years for...

To ask the Scottish Executive how the proposals to waive and restrict fees charged to businesses by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, announced on 25 November 2008, will be funded.

To ask the Scottish Executive how the proposals to waive and restrict fees charged to businesses by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), announced on 25 November 2008, will impact...

To ask the Scottish Executive how much the proposals to waive and restrict fees charged to businesses by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, announced on 25 November 2008, will cost.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Scottish Environment Protection Agency consulted its staff before its announcement on 25 November 2008 that it would waive and restrict fees charged to...

To ask the Scottish Executive how many unfair dismissal claims arising from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency’s pay settlement for 2008-09 have been (a) submitted and (b) resolved.

To ask the Scottish Executive who will appoint the chief executive of the Scottish Futures Trust.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Scottish Futures Trust has a role in seeking to secure delivery of Aberdeen schools under the 3Rs project and, if so, what that role is.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Scottish Futures Trust will have a role in the delivery of any future public sector infrastructure projects funded on a non-profit distributing model...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to S3W-17293 by John Swinney on 28 October 2008, how many staff are employed in the Scottish Futures Trust (SFT); what the relationship is...

To ask the Scottish Executive how many conferences have been addressed by ministers since May 2007; where and when the conference was held, and which minister participated.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether VisitScotland has undertaken research into how many visitors from (a) Scotland, (b) the rest of the United Kingdom and (c) overseas visit because of the...

To ask the Scottish Executive what the estimated value is to the Scottish economy of outdoor recreation on the coast.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many single outcome agreements with local authorities include outcomes relating to waste management.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether local authorities will be penalised for not achieving their agreed outcomes on waste management.

To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the £41.1 million Zero Waste Fund for 2008-09 has been allocated.

To ask the Scottish Executive what projects have benefited from the Zero Waste Fund in 2008-09.

To ask the Scottish Executive what is meant by the term "notable", as it relates to invertebrates in the scoping guidance for wind farm developments issued by the Scottish Government.

To ask the Scottish Executive what requirements there are on wind farm developers to monitor invertebrates on site as well as in waterbodies and watercourses, following an initial baseline survey.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether a requirement to monitor invertebrates on the site of a wind farm would be a legitimate planning condition for such a development.

To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it had with the UK Government and Scottish stakeholders regarding European Youth Week 2008.

To ask the Scottish Executive how it supported European Youth Week 2008.