- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 06 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 20 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive on how many occasions the Ministry of Defence has recommended the refusal of the approval of a proposed wind turbine electricity farm.
Answer
Twice.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 06 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 20 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will develop new guidelines for local authorities to produce strategic plans for the siting of wind turbine electricity farms, detailing areas where (a) such farms would not be acceptable and (b) applications could attract a presumption in favour of development status.
Answer
Guidance on how local authorities should provide for wind farms in their development plans is set out in National Planning Policy Guideline 6: Renewable Energy Developments. This guidance will be kept under review, particularly in the light of any revised targets arising from the consultation paper on Scotland's Renewable Energy Potential - Beyond 2010.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 06 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 20 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications for the construction of wind turbine electricity farms it has sent to the Ministry of Defence for consultation.
Answer
Seven.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 06 September 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 20 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with the Ministry of Defence to facilitate the future development of wind turbine electricity farms.
Answer
Officials from the Scottish Executive and the Ministry of Defence have been involved in a series of meetings to identify the constraints on windfarm development and to identify solutions. These discussions are ongoing. The Scottish Executive is also represented on the Aviation Interests Working Group which brings together the British Wind Energy Association (BWEA), the Department of Trade and Industry, the Ministry of Defence and the Civil Aviation Authority.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 08 August 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 5 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the public debate on GM issues announced by Her Majesty's Government on 31 May 2002 will also take place in Scotland and, if so, how many organisations and individuals based in Scotland will be appointed to the steering board.
Answer
Yes. The Scottish Executive, on behalf of the other devolved administrations, has responded to the Agriculture and Environment Biotechnology Commission (AEBC) proposals for a public debate in advance of decisions on the possible commercialisation of GM crops. The response, which will be published on the AEBC website, makes clear that the public debate must encompass all areas of the UK and enable distinct regional views and values to be heard. Ministers have accepted the AEBC recommendation for the appointment of a steering board independent of government to oversee the debate. Appointments to the board are not the responsibility of government but will aim to reflect the need to maintain diversity and to have a balance of views and opinions from all sides of the GM debate and from around all regions of the UK. The membership of the steering board and the format for the debate will be announced, by the AEBC Chairman, in due course.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 August 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 4 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to expand the membership of the board of Fife NHS Board to include members of the general public in order to ensure and encourage a more reasoned approach to finding solutions to health care issues in Fife and to improve the public accountability of the board.
Answer
The Scottish Executive publication
, Rebuilding our National Health, dated May 2001, provides details of the membership, composition and role of NHS boards. NHS boards are required to focus clearly on people's experience of their local NHS system, by having mechanisms in place to ensure that:
- there is effective liaison with patients and their representative groups;
- complaints are addressed appropriately;
- patient feedback is captured and acted upon, and
the patient's voice is heard.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 August 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 4 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive when the term of office for the current Chair of Fife NHS Board will officially come to an end.
Answer
Ms Esther Roberton's current term of appointment will end on 31 March 2004.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 August 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 4 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications there were for the post of Chair of Fife NHS Board.
Answer
A total of 33 applications were received.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 August 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 4 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive when it plans to meet those representatives of the Fife Health Services Action Group that are resident in the Dunfermline West parliamentary constituency.
Answer
I had a very positive meeting with Helen Eadie MSP, Scott Barrie MSP and several other people, including representatives from the Dunfermline West parliamentary constituency, on Monday 26 August.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 August 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 4 September 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many applicants were selected for interview for the post of Chair of Fife NHS Board and who each candidate was.
Answer
Of the 33 applications received, nine candidates were interviewed.I am not in a position to disclose personal information about individual candidates.
