BUSINESS BULLETIN 180 / 2000

Thursday 23 November 2000

Section D - Oral questions selected for answer on 30 November 2000

Question Time

1. Mr Kenneth Gibson: To ask the Scottish Executive how it will address the possible loss of between 3,000 and 10,000 manufacturing jobs in Glasgow by 2005, highlighted in Glasgow’s Renewed Prosperity by Glasgow City Council and Scottish Enterprise Glasgow. (S1O-2599)

2. Margaret Jamieson: To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to ensure that milk is part of children’s diets. (S1O-2621)

3. Fiona Hyslop: To ask the Scottish Executive what allocations have been made to date of the resources for central heating installation announced on 19 September 2000. (S1O-2637)

4. Maureen Macmillan: To ask the Scottish Executive what action on drug misuse awareness is being taken in rural communities. (S1O-2611)

5. Hugh Henry: To ask the Scottish Executive when it will resume the BCG vaccination programme in schools. (S1O-2595)

6. Dr Elaine Murray: To ask the Scottish Executive what mechanisms exist for the discussions of the Youth Parliament to inform the Executive’s deliberations. (S1O-2603)

7. Rhoda Grant: To ask the Scottish Executive what action is being taken to improve monitoring of fishing in international waters. (S1O-2619)

8. Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: To ask the Scottish Executive what future discussions are planned within the Executive regarding the creation of a slate industry in Scotland. (S1O-2615)

9. Mr Gil Paterson: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to introduce a moratorium on new opencast developments while new planning enforcement regimes are developed. (S1O-2629)

10. Mr Alex Salmond: To ask the Scottish Executive what initiatives it is currently taking forward to combat E.coli 0157. (S1O-2604)

11. Mr Lloyd Quinan: To ask the Scottish Executive when it last met the Scottish Charities Law Commission. (S1O-2630)

12. Bristow Muldoon: To ask the Scottish Executive what extra funding is being made available for projects aimed at encouraging young people to go to university. (S1O-2632)

13. Bruce Crawford: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will delay competitive tendering of current CalMac ferry routes on the west coast to enable a regulatory agency for Scotland’s ferry network to be set up. (S1O-2616)

14. Irene Oldfather: To ask the Scottish Executive what progress it is making in preparing for the European Year of Languages in 2001. (S1O-2605)

15. Lewis Macdonald: To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with the North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission regarding the future of the Rockall fisheries. (S1O-2641)

16. Andrew Wilson: To ask the Scottish Executive what the difference was in per capita health spending between Scotland and England in 1997-98 and what it will be by the year 2003-04. (S1O-2622)

17. Des McNulty: To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to help promote social inclusion and partnership in Clydebank. (S1O-2618)

18. Scott Barrie: To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to revise the guidance it offers to fostering and adoption agencies on assessing prospective clients. (S1O-2614)

19. Mr Michael McMahon: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will conduct tests similar to those being carried out at Newcastle General Hospital into a new drug treatment for mesothelioma patients. (S1O-2598)

20. Cathy Jamieson: To ask the Scottish Executive what steps are being taken to balance the interests of the timber production industry and the protection of the environment. (S1O-2612)

21. Mr John McAllion: To ask the Scottish Executive how it liaises with Her Majesty’s Government on issues relating to asylum seekers resident in Scotland. (S1O-2628)

22. Alex Neil: To ask the Scottish Executive how it is dealing with burkholdaria cepacia outbreaks in children’s hospitals. (S1O-2633)

23. Mary Scanlon: To ask the Scottish Executive why parents are not offered a choice between separate injections of measles, mumps and rubella vaccines and the combined MMR vaccination. (S1O-2606)

24. Alex Johnstone: To ask the Scottish Executive what steps have been taken since 13 January 2000 to ensure that French beef in the Scottish marketplace conforms to the same standards laid down for home-produced beef. (S1O-2627)

25. Fergus Ewing: To ask the Scottish Executive how many farmers and crofters have become bankrupt over the last 12 months and whether it will provide an estimate of the numbers who will become bankrupt over each of the next two 12 month periods. (S1O-2639)

26. Mr Mike Rumbles: To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost is of paying tuition fees for all eligible students in the current academic year. (S1O-2642)

27. Mr Andy Kerr: To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it is putting in place to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases in Scotland. (S1O-2620)

28. Mr Jamie Stone: To ask the Scottish Executive when it last met the board of Highlands and Islands Enterprise and what issues were discussed. (S1O-2607)

29. Miss Annabel Goldie: To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it proposes to take to increase employment opportunities for people aged 50 and over. (S1O-2597)

30. Mr Brian Monteith: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has met the Scottish Qualifications Authority to discuss the school examination appeals process. (S1O-2626)