- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 8 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive when Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise networks’ local enterprise companies will cease to exist.
Answer
Local enterprise companieswill continue to operate until the end of the current financial year.
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 8 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many times the (a) Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth and (b) Minister for Enterprise, Energy and Tourism met representatives of COSLA prior to the Cabinet Secretary’s announcement on 26 September 2007 about the restructuring of Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise.
Answer
The Cabinet Secretaryfor Finance and Sustainable Growth met with representatives from COSLA seven timesprior to the announcement of the reform of the enterprise networks whilst I metwith them on three occasions. These meetings and discussions covered wider topicsthan just the issue of enterprise networks.
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 8 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many times the (a) Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth and (b) Minister for Enterprise, Energy and Tourism met representatives of the Institute of Directors prior to the Cabinet Secretary’s announcement on 26 September 2007 about the restructuring of Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise.
Answer
The Cabinet Secretaryfor Finance and Sustainable Growth did not meet with representatives from the Institute of Directors prior to the announcement of the reform of the enterprise networks. I met with them twice.
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 8 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the national Business Gateway website will be maintained after responsibility for Business Gateway passes to local authorities and, if so, who will be responsible for such maintenance.
Answer
In order to ensurenational consistency of the Business Gateway website, Scottish Enterprise will continueto have responsibility for its maintenance after the transfer of the managementof the local Business Gateway contracts to local authorities.
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 8 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what decision-making and spending powers the new regional organisations for enterprise will have.
Answer
These will beoperational matters for the enterprise networks.
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 8 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many times the (a) Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth and (b) Minister for Enterprise, Energy and Tourism met trade unions representing staff employed in the enterprise networks prior to the Cabinet Secretary’s announcement on 26 September 2007 about the restructuring of Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise.
Answer
The Cabinet Secretaryfor Finance and Sustainable Growth met with the STUC once prior to the announcementand I met with them twice.
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 8 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many times the (a) Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth and (b) Minister for Enterprise, Energy and Tourism met representatives of the Scottish Chambers of Commerce prior to the Cabinet Secretary’s announcement on 26 September 2007 about the restructuring of Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise.
Answer
The Cabinet Secretaryfor Finance and Sustainable Growth did not meet with representatives from the ScottishChambers of Commerce prior to the announcement of the reform of the enterprisenetworks whilst I met with them on three occasions to discuss this issue.
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 8 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether nationally allowable noise levels apply to industrial premises in close proximity to residential properties.
Answer
No. Regulation ofnoise from industrial premises is dependent on the size and type of industry. Noisefrom larger industrial plants is controlled through a permit system regulated bythe Scottish Environmental Protection Agency under the Pollution Prevention andControl (Scotland) Regulations 2000. Any noise issues arisingfrom smaller industrial plants could be pursued by the relevant local authorityunder the Environmental Protection Act 1990.
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 02 November 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 8 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will publish its economic strategy.
Answer
I am pleased to announcethat the Government Economic Strategy is being published on 13 November 2007. The strategy sets out how we can deliver the Government’sPurpose of increasing sustainable economic growth. The Government Economic Strategywill be available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre from the 13 (Bib.number 43999).
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Maureen Watt on 6 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what advice its officials gave to Dumfries and Galloway Council concerning reference to the Scottish Ministers of proposals agreed by Dumfries and Galloway Council’s Education and Community Services Committee on 6 November 2003 to close St Teresa’s Roman Catholic Primary School and St Andrew’s Roman Catholic Primary School and to merge the two schools.
Answer
In a July 2003response to a letter from Dumfries and Galloway Council the former ScottishExecutive set out, in general terms, the operation of the legislation on schoolclosures and the circumstances in which the consent of ministers is required.The response made clear that the Executive could not comment on the specificsituation of the two Roman Catholic schools in Dumfries which had prompted the council’s enquiry.
