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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

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Question reference: S1W-21055

Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 13 December 2001
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 10 January 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people in each of the last five years, subsequent to any appearance at the District Court in respect of non-payment of fiscal fines, have continued to fail to meet such obligations.

Question reference: S1W-21119

Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 14 December 2001
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 January 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost of setting up the new Scottish Health Council will be, whether the costs of running it will be greater than those for the existing system and what benefit it will have for patients.

As indicated in Our National Health: A plan for action, a plan for change and the recent publication Patient Focus and Public Involvement, we will work with Health Councils, the Scottish Consumer Council and other key stakeholders to develop proposals for a national body with a local presence - the Scottish Health Council. It will not be possible to estimate the cost of setting up the new arrangements until the development work has been completed. However, we do not expect the cost of running it to be greater than that of the existing system.We plan to consult widely on the role of the new Scotland Health Council, which we see as having three main functions:to ensure that the voices of patients and the public are heard by NHSScotland bodies and that these services respond to these views;to develop good practice so that the public, patients and local communities are fully involved in all decisions affecting the delivery of health services, andto support patients, carers and the public develop the capacity to make their views known.

Question reference: S1O-04411

Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 January 2002
Current Status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 10 January 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive when the findings of the GM crop trials will be published.

Question reference: S1F-01535

Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 07 January 2002
Current Status: Answered by Jack McConnell on 10 January 2002

To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Executive's plans are for children whose parents have decided that they will not receive the combined MMR vaccination.

The Executive accepts that expert medical advice, both here and internationally, confirms that MMR remains the safest and most effective way to protect children from these very serious, and potentially fatal diseases. We have no plans to change the current immunisation programme. That is wholly consistent with the conclusions of the Health and Community Care Committee's report on the MMR vaccine, which was published last March.

Question reference: S1W-20002

Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 15 November 2001
Current Status: Answered by Allan Wilson on 7 January 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to design and implement a coastal 'one management plan to address rising sea levels and demographic changes around the Scottish coasts, as predicted in the recent research conducted by the Tyndall Centre for Research.

National Policy Planning Guidelines are in place on planning and flooding and coastal planning. A number of planning authorities have already considered the need to develop shoreline management plans which take account of the effects of rising sea levels on existing and future developments.The Scottish Coastal Forum is currently developing a strategy for the integrated management of Scotland's coast which will address the issue of rising sea levels.

Question reference: S1W-19999

Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 15 November 2001
Current Status: Answered by Allan Wilson on 7 January 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to increase investment in the collection and correlation of climate data throughout Scotland.

As part of the Scottish Climate Change Programme, work is on-going to improve Scottish climate change data to understand better the contribution we are making in Scotland to emissions savings and the possible impacts of climate change. The Executive has commissioned and published a significant amount of research, the findings of which is disseminated widely and can be accessed on the Executive's climate change website at www.scotland.gov.uk/climatechange. Research requirements for 2002-03 are currently under review.

Question reference: S1W-20000

Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 15 November 2001
Current Status: Answered by Allan Wilson on 7 January 2002

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to address the economic impact of climatic change in the Moray Firth area resulting in wetter winters, warmer summers and sea level rises, as predicted in the recent research conducted by the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research.

Research into Potential Adaptation Strategies for Climate Change in Scotland was published by the Executive in October 2001. This research will assist local decision makers in consideration of policy responses to adapt to the anticipated impacts of climate change in their communities. In addition, a significant amount of research into the likely effects of climate change in Scotland has been published by the Executive to inform local decision making, the findings of which have been disseminated widely and are available on the Executive's climate change website at www.scotland.gov.uk/climatechange/. Guidance designed to help local authority chief executives respond to the challenge of climate change was issued in August.

Question reference: S1W-21125

Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 14 December 2001
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 28 December 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how the #500,000 funding for community pharmacies announced in its news release SE4085/2001 on 1 October 2001 will be distributed.

Question reference: S1W-20697

Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 December 2001
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 28 December 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive in which health board areas can people buy digital hearing aids at a reduced rate.

Question reference: S1W-21052

Asked by: Mary Scanlon, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 13 December 2001
Current Status: Answered by Colin Boyd on 27 December 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many of the people who declined an offer of a fiscal fine under section 302 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 were subsequently prosecuted in each of the last five years.