- Asked by: Alasdair Morgan, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 27 October 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank McAveety on 10 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration it has given to the recommendations of the report An Institute for the Languages of Scotland in relation to the commitment in A Partnership for a Better Scotland to “introduce a national language strategy to guide the development and support of Scotland's languages, including British Sign Language and ethnic community languages”.
Answer
We are currently preparingproposals for a national language strategy and the recommendations of thereport An Institute for the Languages of Scotland are being consideredas part of that process. Consultation on the strategy will take place in duecourse.
- Asked by: Alasdair Morgan, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 October 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank McAveety on 5 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it has awarded in grant aid to the National Library of Scotland for the purchase of books in each year since 1994.
Answer
The grant aid awarded to theNational Library of Scotland for the purchase of books each year since 1994 is setout in the table.
| Financial Year | Purchase Grant (£ million) |
| 1993-94 | 1.202 |
| 1994-95 | 1.193 |
| 1995-96 | 0.858 |
| 1996-97 | 0.858 |
| 1997-98 | 1.103 |
| 1998-99 | 0.958 |
| 1999-2000 | 0.958 |
| 2000-01 | 1.058 |
| 2001-02 | 1.058 |
| 2002-03 | 1.058 |
| 2003-04 | 1.058 |
- Asked by: Alasdair Morgan, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 October 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Colin Boyd on 4 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-2712 by Colin Boyd QC on 1 October 2003, what actions were undertaken in the course of the inquiry by Strathclyde Police to interview the complainant, Mr Iain McKie, or to invite him to provide further information and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.
Answer
In his letter of 7 April2003 to the Lord Advocate, Mr McKie set out new information which heconsidered was relevant to his belief that there had been an attempt to pervertthe course of justice in connection with the perjury case against his daughterShirley McKie. The information was passed to the Complaints and Discipline Branchof Strathclyde Police, who carried out the investigation on behalf of the Lord Advocate.There was nothing in this letter to indicate that he was in possession of anyfurther relevant information in addition to that detailed in the letter. It wasnot, therefore, considered necessary to interview Mr McKie.
- Asked by: Alasdair Morgan, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 October 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Colin Boyd on 4 November 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-2712 by Colin Boyd QC on 1 October 2003, who was interviewed in the course of the inquiry by Strathclyde Police.
Answer
Enquiries made on behalf of the Lord Advocate into allegations of criminal conduct are confidential.
- Asked by: Alasdair Morgan, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 September 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 7 October 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-2050 by Allan Wilson on 11 September 2003, when it will receive the results of the further full survey, commenced on 3 September 2003, of the containment measures put in place by Her Majesty's Government to deal with the live cluster bombs dropped in Luce Bay, Wigtownshire, in 1999 and whether it will publish the results of such a survey.
Answer
The Ministry of Defence has confirmedthat it expects to receive a copy of the survey report from QinetiQ by 24 October.I can confirm that a copy of the report will be sent direct to the member. A copywill also be placed in the Parliament’s Reference Centre.
- Asked by: Alasdair Morgan, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 September 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Colin Boyd on 1 October 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what type of inquiry was mounted following the allegation of criminal conspiracy and/or attempt to pervert the course of justice made in the letter of 4 April 2003 to the Lord Advocate by Mr Iain McKie; what the remit of any such inquiry was, and who conducted the inquiry.
Answer
Mr Iain McKie wrote to the Lord Advocate on 7 April 2003 (rather than 4 April) concerning new information which he considered was relevant to his belief that there had been an attempt to pervert the course of justice in connection with the perjury case against his daughter Shirley McKie. The Crown Office, with the assistance of Strathclyde Police, carried out appropriate enquiries into Mr McKie’s allegations and the outcome of those enquiries was reported to Mr McKie on 4 July 2003.
- Asked by: Alasdair Morgan, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 25 August 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 29 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will undertake an assessment of the impact of the International Code for the Security of Ships and of Port Facilities on small port and harbour facilities in the Dumfries and Galloway area.
Answer
Maritime Security is areserved matter, and the Scottish Executive is in close touch with theDepartment for Transport about implementation of the International Ship andPort Facility Security (ISPS) Code.
- Asked by: Alasdair Morgan, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 25 August 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 29 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will undertake an assessment of the impact of the International Code for the Security of Ships and of Port Facilities on the ports of Stranraer and Cairnryan.
Answer
Maritime security is a reservedmatter, and the Scottish Executive is in close touch with the Department for Transport aboutimplementation of the International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code.
- Asked by: Alasdair Morgan, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 September 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 18 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of consultant posts in the NHS are vacant, broken down by speciality.
Answer
The information requested is published in Table B16 of
Scottish Health Statistics, the website of the Information and StatisticsDivision of NHSScotland.
Scottish Health Statistics can be accessed via thefollowing link:
http://www.isdscotland.org/isd.
- Asked by: Alasdair Morgan, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 September 2003
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 18 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many consultant vacancies there are in each speciality in the NHS.
Answer
The informationrequested is published in Table B16 of
Scottish Health Statistics, thewebsite of the Information and Statistics Division of NHSScotland.
ScottishHealth Statistics can be accessed via the following link
http://www.isdscotland.org/isd.
