- Asked by: David Mundell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 21 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 17 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive against which “measurable milestones” it will assess improvements to the trunk road network, as referred to in Transport target 3 of Draft Budget 2005-06.
Answer
The measurable milestones are currently being developed in conjunction with our road condition survey consultants.
- Asked by: David Mundell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 01 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 15 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what the minimum scheduled journey time was by rail between Edinburgh Waverley and Glasgow Queen Street in (a) 1974, (b) 1988, (c) 1994 and (d) 2004.
Answer
This information is not held centrally.
- Asked by: David Mundell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 01 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 15 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what action would be required from (a) it, (b) Network Rail, (c) ScotRail and (d) any other bodies to reopen stations on the East Coast main line between Edinburgh and Berwick.
Answer
The process for opening or re-opening a station requires detailed assessment and appraisal involving a number of industry and public sector participants. The Strategic Rail Authority has recently developed, with industry partners and other stakeholders, a guidance document titled New Stations: A Guide for Promoters. This was published in September 2004 and a copy is available in the Parliament’s Reference Centre (Bib. number 34353).
- Asked by: David Mundell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 01 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 15 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether staff employed by the regional transport partnerships, as outlined in the Transport (Scotland) Bill, will be hired in addition to those staff already employed by constituent local authorities on transport matters.
Answer
The Transport (Scotland) Bill presented to the Parliament on 27 October 2004 included proposals for the establishment of regional transport partnerships. The content of the legislation is now a matter for Parliament. It is the Executive’s view that recruitment of staff should be a matter for the regional transport partnerships themselves, if and when they are established.
- Asked by: David Mundell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 01 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 15 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there will be any constraints on the number of staff that regional transport partnerships may employ.
Answer
The Transport (Scotland) Bill presented to the Parliament on 27 October 2004 included proposals for the establishment of regional transport partnerships. The content of the legislation is now a matter for Parliament. It is the Executive’s view that recruitment of staff should be a matter for the regional transport partnerships, if and when they are established. The Transport (Scotland) Bill includes provision for the application to transport partnerships of the duty to secure best value established by Part 1 of the Local Government in Scotland Act 2003. It is not proposed to place any new constraints on the number of staff that regional transport partnerships may employ.
- Asked by: David Mundell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 14 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 10 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has made to Her Majesty’s Government regarding the recommendations of the Council of Scottish Colonels on the future structure of Scotland's regiments.
Answer
The Scottish Executive is in regular contact with the UK Government on a wide range of defence issues including Scottish Regiments. Operational matters in the armed forces, however, are the responsibility of the Ministry of Defence.
- Asked by: David Mundell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 14 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 9 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to encourage supermarkets to source more products locally.
Answer
I regularly meet representatives of the multiples to discuss their sourcing policy. I take every opportunity to remind them of the range and quality of Scottish produce and encourage them to source more from Scotland.
- Asked by: David Mundell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 14 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 9 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to prevent the spread of scrapie in sheep.
Answer
The Scottish Executive in partnership with Defra and the Welsh Assembly Government has been operating the National Scrapie Plan for Great Britain since July 2001. The National Scrapie Plan will comply with new European requirements which come into force on 1 April 2005.
- Asked by: David Mundell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 September 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 8 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been spent on the construction and improvement of motorways and trunk roads in each of the last 10 years.
Answer
The information requested is given in table number 11.1 of Scottish Transport Statistics No 23: 2004 Edition which is available on the Scottish Executive’s website at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/stats/bulletins/360/00360a-38.asp.
- Asked by: David Mundell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 08 October 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 8 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what specific role it envisages for Strathclyde Passenger Transport in relation to (a) rail services and (b) other transport functions.
Answer
The Transport Bill I presented to Parliament on 27 October 2004 put forward legislative proposals to give effect to the plans for the future of Strathclyde Passenger Transport that were set out in paragraph 5.22 of the White Paper Scotland’s Transport Future, copies of which are available in the Parliament’s Reference Centre (Bib. number 33072).
