- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 September 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 25 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-1922 by Peter Peacock on 5 September 2003, what provisions of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 disapply provisions of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995.
Answer
Section 122 of the Immigrationand Asylum Act 1999 disapplies provisions of the Children (Scotland) Act1995.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 September 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 25 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-1884 by Mr Tom McCabe on 2 September 2003, when the report of the employment sub-group of the national The Same as you? Implementation Group will be published.
Answer
We currently expect to publishthe report of the employment sub-group around the end of October.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 September 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 25 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-1879 by Mr Tom McCabe on 1 September 2003, where the Scottish Consortium for Learning Disability will be located.
Answer
The address of the Scottish Consortiumfor Learning Disability (SCLD) is Unit 16, Adelphi Centre, 12 Commercial Road, Glasgowand has been there for two and a half years. Information about the work of SCLDcan be found on their website at
http://www.scld.org.uk/.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 September 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 25 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-1578 by Ms Margaret Curran on 18 August 2003, whether discussions between it, the two local authorities, Communities Scotland and the enterprise network have now been completed.
Answer
The Scottish Executive is continuing to consider the allocation of resources for vacant and derelictland and the process for considering proposals for expenditure and an announcementwill be made in due course.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 September 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 25 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-1885 by Mr Tom McCabe on 1 September 2003, what additional resources it has provided to schools to allow them to comply with legislation providing for the inclusion of all children in mainstream schools.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-1447 on 6 August 2003, which is available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 September 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 25 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-1922 by Peter Peacock on 5 September 2003, what provisions of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 are disapplied by the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.
Answer
The child welfare provisions in section 22 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 are disapplied where section 122 of the Immigrationand Asylum Act 1999 applies.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 September 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Peter Peacock on 25 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-1922 by Peter Peacock on 5 September 2003, under what circumstances provisions of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 are disapplied.
Answer
Section 22 of the Children (Scotland) Act1995 is disapplied where section 122 of the Immigration and Asylum 1999 Act applies.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 28 August 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 24 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it has taken towards harmonisation to create a European area of education, as outlined in the Sorbonne Agreement of 25 May 1998.
Answer
I refer the member to the answergiven to question S2W-2259 today, which isavailable on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be foundat
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 28 August 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 24 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how the autonomy of universities will be protected in any movement towards harmonisation, as outlined in the Sorbonne Agreement of 25 May 1998.
Answer
I refer the member to the answerto question S2W-2259 today, which is availableon the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 28 August 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 24 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what impact Japan's communication to the Council for Trade in Services would have on Scottish tertiary education institutions should the proposals be accepted and qualifications in the General Agreement on Trade in Services signatory countries become equivalised.
Answer
The Department for Trade andIndustry (DTI) has lead responsibility for all matters related to the General Agreementon Trade in Services (GATS) on behalf of all UK stakeholders as the regulationof international trade is a reserved area. The DTI representatives are fully engagedwith current discussions around the Japanese communication to the Council for Tradein Services. Colleagues there will consult with the devolved administrations andother UK government departments as appropriate on any relevant issues that ariseduring the course of the negotiations. However, since the EC has not and does notintend to make any offer in the area of public sector education services, therecan be no impact. GATS has no mandate to equivalise qualifications.
