- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 05 August 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 2 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has made any specific representations to (a) the Council of the European Union, (b) any (i) member or (ii) body of (1) the European Parliament and (2) the EU Committee of the Regions and (c) the European Commission regarding the proposed EU directive to establish minimum common rules relating to legal aid and other financial aspects of civil proceedings in order to improve access to justice in cross-border disputes.
Answer
Negotiations within the European Union on the proposed directive on legal aid are being conducted by the United Kingdom Government, taking due account of the views of the devolved administrations. The Scottish Executive is in regular contact with the United Kingdom Government on a wide range of EU-related issues, including this directive.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 05 August 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 2 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what specific representations it has made to Her Majesty's Government about the proposed EU directive to establish minimum common rules relating to legal aid and other financial aspects of civil proceedings in order to improve access to justice in cross-border disputes.
Answer
The Scottish Executive is in regular contact with the United Kingdom Government on a wide range of EU-related issues, including the proposed directive on legal aid.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 05 August 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 2 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will attend the EU working party on Justice, Home Affairs and Civil Protection in Brussels on 5 and 6 September 2002 and, if so, (a) which ministers and (b) how many of its officials will attend and (i) of what grade and (ii) from which department any such officials will be.
Answer
Negotiations within the European Union are conducted by the United Kingdom Government, taking due account of the views of the devolved administrations. The Scottish Executive is in regular contact with the United Kingdom Government on a wide variety of EU-related issues, including those to be discussed on 5 and 6 September; and is represented as necessary at meetings in Brussels, whether at working groups of officials or Councils at ministerial level.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 05 August 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 2 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made of any impact on the legal system of an EU directive establishing minimum common rules relating to legal aid and other financial aspects of civil proceedings in order to improve access to justice in cross-border disputes.
Answer
The Council of Ministers has decided that the scope of the proposed directive should be limited to cases involving litigants from different member states. On that basis, and on the basis of the current state of discussions in Brussels, the Executive expects the impact of the directive on the Scottish system to be very limited.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 July 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 30 August 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has made any specific representations to (a) the Council of the European Union, (b) any member or body of the European Parliament, (c) any member or body of the Committee of the Regions and (d) the European Commission, on the draft European Union framework decision on combating racism and xenophobia and what form any such representations took.
Answer
No. Relations with the EU are reserved and therefore representations to these EU bodies are agreed with the UK Government and carried out by and through the UK Government.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 July 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Margaret Curran on 30 August 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has made any specific representations to Her Majesty's Government on the draft European Union Framework Decision on combating racism and xenophobia and what form any such representations took.
Answer
The Scottish Executive is in regular contact with the UK Government on a wide range of issues, including the draft European Union Framework Decision on combating racism and xenophobia.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 02 August 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 30 August 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will provide substantive answers to questions S1W-25707 and S1W-25705 lodged on 9 May 2002.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:Questions S1W-25705 and S1W-25707 were answered on 15 August 2002.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 02 August 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 30 August 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what assistance it has given in each of the last three years and intends to give in the present year and the next two years to the operators of HM Prison Kilmarnock for the provision of transitional care arrangements between prison and community for problem drug misusers.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:Transitional care arrangements for problem substance misusers have been made available to all short-term prisoners released from all prisons in Scotland including Kilmarnock through a national contract signed in October 2001 and which will run, initially, until April 2004.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 02 August 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 30 August 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the introduction of transitional care arrangements between prison and community at HM Prison Kilmarnock will require a renegotiation of its contract with the prison's operators.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:No.
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 01 August 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 29 August 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether, prior to carrying out the financial review of the Scottish Prison Service estates review, PricewaterhouseCoopers disclosed that it was the auditor of Group 4 Falck to the Executive.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:No. There was no need to do so.
