- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 21 September 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Johann Lamont on 28 September 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what cognisance it takes of Scotland’s carbon footprint when assessing proposals for new industrial development.
Answer
The Scottish Executive does notroutinely assess proposals for new industrial development. That is primarily a matterfor local authorities to consider through their development plans and in their decisionson planning applications, although ministers can call in proposals for their owndetermination. Planning decisions are made in accordance with the development planfor the area, unless material considerations indicate otherwise. Our commitmentto sustainable development is at the heart of Scottish planning policy and potentialimpacts on the environment are significant considerations in the planning of futuredevelopment.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 01 September 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 26 September 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-23451 by Mr Tom McCabe on 6 March 2006, when it expects to have an action plan in place to implement its review of the community council system.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-28066 on 26 September 2006. All answers to writtenparliamentary questions are available on the Parliaments website, the search facilityfor which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 01 September 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 26 September 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-23451 by Mr Tom McCabe on 6 March 2006, when it will report on its review of the community council system.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-28066 on 26 September 2006. All answers to writtenparliamentary questions are available on the Parliaments website, the search facilityfor which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 01 September 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 26 September 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-23451 by Mr Tom McCabe on 6 March 2006, when it will complete its review of the community council system.
Answer
We have now completed the evaluationof the 356 responses to the Consultation Paper “What can we do to help communitycouncils fulfil their role” and this concludes our review of community councils.I plan to publish the outcomes of the evaluation together with my recommendationson the way forward by November 2006.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 15 September 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 26 September 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of the Minister for Finance and Public Service Reform’s statement that “The average increase in council tax in Scotland has been lower than anywhere else in the United Kingdom - much lower than south of the border” (Official Report c. 27561), what monies have come to Scotland, under the HM Treasury statement of funding arrangements, to balance any change in the cost of council tax benefit subsidy.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has received£92 million under the HM Treasury statement of funding policy arrangements, to balanceany change in the cost of council tax benefit subsidy.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 September 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 22 September 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the First Minister’s sports summit at Stirling University considered how to increase the participation of young Scots in sports.
Answer
Yes. Workshop sessions involvingdelegates at the Sports Summit discussed the key priorities for the on-going developmentof sport in Scotland in light of London’s successful bid to stage the 2012 OlympicGames and Glasgow’s bid to secure the 2014 Commonwealth Games. One of the areasunder discussion was methods of increasing participation in sport.
A full report of the Sports Summitwill be made publicly available later this year.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 September 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 22 September 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the First Minister’s sports summit at Stirling University considered ways of increasing Scottish participation in the Olympic Games.
Answer
Yes. Workshop sessions involvingdelegates at the Sports Summit discussed the key priorities for the on-going developmentof sport in Scotland in light of London’s successful bid to stage the 2012 Olympic Games andGlasgow’s bid to secure the 2014 Commonwealth Games. One of the areas under discussionwas methods of improving sporting performance both within Scotland and in generalinternational competition, including the Olympic Games.
A full report of the Sports Summitwill be made publicly available later this year.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 September 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 22 September 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the establishment of a separate Scottish Olympic team formed part of the discussions at the First Minister’s sports summit at Stirling University.
Answer
No. Workshop sessions involvingdelegates at the Sports Summit discussed the key priorities for the on-going developmentof sport in Scotland in light of London’s successful bid to stage the 2012 Olympic Games andGlasgow’s bid to secure the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
A full report of the Sports Summitwill be made publicly available later this year.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 June 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 4 September 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider making Education Maintenance Allowance available to children of asylum seekers and to unaccompanied asylum seeker children.
Answer
The Scottish Executive hasno current plans to extend Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) support tothis group of young people.
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 24 July 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 21 August 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will transpose into Scots law EU Directive 2003/35/EC, which had a deadline of 25 June 2005 as specified in Article 6 of the directive, and what the reasons are for the delay in transposition.
Answer
The Public Participation Directive(2003/35/EC) amended the Pollution Prevention and Control Directive (1996/61/EC)and the Environmental Impact Assessment Directive (1985/337/EC) requiringimproved public participation arrangements in those and in certain other environmentalregimes. In consequence, updating was required to 14 pieces of Scottish legislation,on which progress has been as follows.
Regulations on air quality andnitrate vulnerable zones were updated from 25 June 2005 andthe required amendments made to four waste regimes on 4 August. The updated PollutionPrevention and Control (Scotland) Regulations 2005 were made on 16 November 2005 althoughin practice the Scottish Environment Protection Agency had been working to the newarrangements since 25 June. The extra time was taken to make additionalamendments in parallel. We had consulted on draft amending regulations to updateseven environmental impact assessment regimes in May 2005 and had worked to resolvethe final details of those regulations. However, on-going work in this area includesprovisions in relation to reserved matters and we are working with the UK Governmenton the details of those provisions with a view to introducing amending legislationbefore the Scottish Parliament in autumn 2006, completing transposition.
