- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Stirling, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 June 2013
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 26 June 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how important classroom assistants are in enabling young people to achieve their full educational potential.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 26 June 2013
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Stirling, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 June 2013
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 12 June 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what action NHS Forth Valley has taken to improve waiting times for accident and emergency patients at Forth Valley Royal Hospital in Larbert.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 12 June 2013
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Stirling, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 23 May 2013
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Current Status:
Answered by Alasdair Allan on 5 June 2013
To ask the Government what engineering companies or organisations the Minister for Learning, Science and Scotland’s Languages was referring to in the news release of 21 May 2013, Scotland’s science leads the way.
Answer
The article was not referring to any company or organisation in particular but was referring to Scotland’s strength as an engineering nation in general. A report compiled by Evidence Ltd. in 2009 rated Scotland as ‘strong’ in areas of clinical research, biological science, mathematics, physical science, medicine, social sciences and engineering.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Stirling, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 May 2013
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 30 May 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the Law Society of Scotland’s master policy for the provision of professional indemnity insurance arrangements.
Answer
The Solicitors(Scotland) Act 1980 sets out provisions in respect of the Guarantee Fund and professional indemnity and that it is the responsibility of the Law Society of Scotland. Scottish Ministers have no locus in these matters.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Stirling, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 May 2013
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 30 May 2013
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has had meetings with the Law Society of Scotland regarding professional indemnity insurance arrangements and the role of Royal Sun Alliance in this matter and, if so, (a) when these took place and (b) who attended.
Answer
We have no record meetings of that nature between the Scottish Government and the Law Society of Scotland.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Stirling, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 May 2013
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 30 May 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what role it has with regard to professional indemnity insurance for the legal profession.
Answer
Scottish Ministers have no role regarding professional indemnity insurance for the legal profession. The Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980 sets out provisions for professional indemnity for solicitors and former solicitors. It states that it is the responsibility of the Law Society of Scotland with the concurrence of the Lord President to make rules in this regard.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Stirling, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 May 2013
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 30 May 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the findings of the 2009 Report to Scottish Legal Complaints Commission on the Master Policy and Guarantee Fund Research.
Answer
This is entirely a matter for the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission and the Law Society of Scotland.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Stirling, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 May 2013
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 6 June 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what it considers the role of communities should be in helping local authorities agree their annual budgets.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 6 June 2013
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Stirling, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 May 2013
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 29 May 2013
To ask the Scottish Government how much the average household has saved since the introduction of the council tax freeze.
Answer
Taken in the Chamber on 29 May 2013
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Stirling, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 May 2013
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 22 May 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what meetings it has had with the Royal Sun Alliance Group since 1999.
Answer
Scottish Government records show one meeting took place with Scottish Executive officials and Royal and Sun Alliance on 14 July 2006.
Details of all ministerial engagements are published in arrears on the Scottish Government website and can be accessed using the following link:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/About/People/14944/Events-Engagements/MinisterialEngagements. These records show from 2008, no Ministerial meetings had taken place with Royal Sun Alliance Group.
We have been unable to find any further records of other ministerial or official meetings during the requested time period.