To ask the Scottish Executive where the strongest populations of the native black honeybee are located.

To ask the Scottish Executive why the systems and codes used for capturing and recording crime figures are not generic across police boards.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to reform the rules regarding crime reporting to improve consistency and the prospects for cross comparison across Scotland.

To ask the Scottish Executive why some police boards are able to report on the incidence of fuel theft while others do not collect such information.

To ask the Scottish Executive when it will launch its Early Years Framework.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider the promotion of a path around the coast that would link existing paths and create opportunities for the development of new ones.

To ask the Scottish Executive how much it expects the UK Film Council to distribute in Scotland in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10, (c) 2010-11, (d) 2011-12 and (e) 2012-13.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many companies it is envisaged will be involved in bidding for leases for management and cutting rights over the national forest estate.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is envisaged that leases for management and cutting rights over the national forest estate will be released in one block or in smaller parcels.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it envisages allowing foreign companies to bid for leases for management and cutting rights over the national forest estate.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will confirm that it envisages that leases for management and cutting rights over the national forest estate will be for up to 75 years.

To ask the Scottish Executive what safeguards it envisages will be inserted into the leases for management and cutting rights over the national forest estate to safeguard biodiversity, access,...

To ask the Scottish Executive what level of monitoring it will put in place to assess to what extent biodiversity, access, leisure and recreation are safeguarded if management and cutting rights...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the transfer of Forestry Commission assets and land in perpetuity to a not-for-profit trust is an option being considered by the Scottish Government, as set...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has discounted the option of transferring assets and land in perpetuity to a not-for-profit trust, as set out on page six of the paper Climate Change and...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is envisaged that under the option of transferring assets and land in perpetuity to a not-for-profit trust, as set out on page six of the paper Climate...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will guarantee that there will be no redundancies as a result of proposals for leasing out management and cutting right over parts of the national forest...

To ask the Scottish Executive how many staff are currently estimated to work in the areas identified under proposals for leasing out management and cutting rights over parts of the national...

To ask the Scottish Executive which areas of the national forest estate have been considered for leasing out or transfer to a public trust.

To ask the Scottish Executive what calculations have been carried out to establish how much of the national forest estate could be bought.

To ask the Scottish Executive what level of income is predicted to be raised through the proposal that management and cutting rights over parts of the national forest be leased out.

To ask the Scottish Executive in which financial year it is anticipated that income will be generated by leasing out management and cutting rights over the national forest estate.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish the business case on which proposals are based for the leasing out of management and cutting rights over the national forest estate.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the impact of the current economic downturn has been factored into the financial assumptions behind the proposals for the leasing out of at least 25% of the...

To ask the Scottish Executive what studies (a) are being planned, (b) are in progress and (c) have been carried out to identify potential sites for new woodlands.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing will meet representatives of the Kinloch Rannoch community regarding the possible reinstatement of an...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is satisfied with the process followed by NHS Tayside and its decision to end the out-of-hours GP service in Kinloch Rannoch.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will intervene and reintroduce an out-of-hours GP service in Kinloch Rannoch.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether GPs who work out-of-hours can offer fentanyl patches for the purposes of palliative care.

To ask the Scottish Executive what the country origin was of the GM-contaminated oilseed rape seeds found in national list and variety trials in Scotland, as made public in September 2008.

To ask the Scottish Executive what type of plant breeding methods were employed to produce the GM-contaminated oilseed rape seeds found in National List and variety trials in Scotland, as made...

To ask the Scottish Executive what the location is of the seed production ground that produced the GM-contaminated oilseed rape seeds found in National List and variety trials in Scotland, as...

To ask the Scottish Executive what measures were used to prevent contamination of the seed used to produce the GM-contaminated oilseed rape seeds found in National List and variety trials in...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the GM contamination of oilseed rape seeds found in National List and variety trials in Scotland, as made public in September 2008, arose from...

To ask the Scottish Executive what the nature is of the GM traits found in the contaminated oilseed rape seeds found in National List and variety trials in Scotland, as made public in September...

To ask the Scottish Executive what level of GM contamination was present in the GM-contaminated oilseed rape seeds found in National List and variety trials in Scotland, as made public in...

To ask the Scottish Executive why GM-contaminated oilseed rape seeds, found in National List and variety trials in Scotland, as made public in September 2008, were planted before the results of...

To ask the Scottish Executive what measures have been taken to prevent further GM contamination from the seed lot responsible for the GM-contaminated oilseed rape seeds found in National List and...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether other seed lots from the same sources and countries of origin as the GM-contaminated oilseed rape seeds found in National List and variety trials in...

To ask the Scottish Executive what measures have been taken to protect seed imports destined for commercial crop production following the discovery of GM-contaminated oilseed rape seeds in...

To ask the Scottish Executive who will be liable for the costs of dealing with the contamination and loss of trial results from the GM-contaminated oilseed rape seeds found in National List 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, further to the answer to question S3W-17219 by Stewart Maxwell on 5 November 2008, whether it will elaborate on the criteria being applied for distribution of the...

To ask the Scottish Executive when the Strathclyde Police incident team investigating the deaths of patients from Clostridium difficile at the Vale of Leven Hospital was established.

To ask the Scottish Executive how many arrest-referral schemes are funded on contracts of (a) less than three years and (b) three years or more and how many are funded on permanent contracts.

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-17380 by Kenny MacAskill on 13 November 2008, how many of the 1,180 off-sales premises received repeat test-purchase visits.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has had discussions with, or indications from, NHS Lanarkshire on why it was necessary to redirect medical or surgical GP calls from Hairmyres Hospital...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the new single room-only policy for new or substantially refurbished hospitals will include the provision of en suite toilet, bath or shower, and hand basin...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any concerns over the proposal to extract significant quantities of water from the River Spey.

To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment has been carried out of the effect that the extraction of large quantities of water from the River Spey may have on dependant species.

To ask the Scottish Executive what meetings have taken place between the Scottish Government and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency to discuss the outcome of the Aviemore resort hotels...

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-9066 by Michael Russell on 25 February 2008, on how many occasions since 7 December 2007 (a) the Minister for Environment or...

To ask the Scottish Executive on how many occasions since 27 November 2007 the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment has contacted the chief executive of the Scottish...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether on 4 December 2007 the Scottish Environment Protection Agency agreed to the contents of a letter in which it gave its consent to the approval of the planning...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether approval of the planning application put forward by Aviemore resorts hotels in the absence of a satisfactory flood risk assessment would, in the opinion of...

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list the events to which the major events strategy, within the responsibilities of the Minister for Europe, External Affairs and Culture, applies.

To ask the Scottish Executive what procedures ministers, including the First Minister, would follow to correct themselves were they to have given misleading information to the Parliament.

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will continue to be its policy that serious sex offenders from all of Scotland serve their prison sentences at a single specialist unit.

To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding it provides to amateur boxing clubs, broken down by (a) club, (b) amount and (c) funding stream.

To ask the Scottish Executive how much it expects UK Sport to distribute in Scotland in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10, (c) 2010-11, (d) 2011-12 and (e) 2012-13.