- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 January 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 19 January 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration has been given to the recent economic analysis produced by Marie Curie Cancer Care of the potential cost benefits arising from a larger number of terminally-ill patients spending their last days in their own homes and what implications this has for acute and palliative care services.
Answer
Our policy is to support the development of specialist palliative care, including at home where appropriate. Substantial resources have been invested in palliative care through the Cancer in Scotland strategy.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 January 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 19 January 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what the shortfall in palliative care consultants is and what steps are being taken to address this issue.
Answer
The latest published data is derived from the medical census on 30 September 2003. On this date, there was an establishment of 21 consultant posts in palliative care, all of which were filled.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 January 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 19 January 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions have taken place with local authorities and voluntary sector providers regarding the development of better support for carers when the person being cared for is terminally ill and spending their last days in their own home.
Answer
Since our Carers Strategy was introduced in November 1999, the Executive has worked, and will continue to work, in close partnership with national carers’ organisations and key agencies in order to address priority issues for Scotland’s 600,000 plus carers. This issue has not been highlighted for specific discussion within the context of our national Carers Strategy. At a local level, we expect individual authorities, NHS boards and the voluntary sector to work in partnership to ensure that appropriate support is provided to patients,carers and families at this particularly difficult time.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 December 2004
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Answered by Jim Wallace on 9 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration it has given to the introduction of tolling on new roads.
Answer
In 1999 the consultation paper
Tackling Congestion considered potential road user charging options, including charging on local roads, and charging on the motorway and trunk road network.
Only powers for a local authority to charge on local roads became part of the Transport (Scotland) Act 2001. This includes both new and existing roads.
Powers exist in the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 for the tolling of new roads. The intention to toll a new road must be known early in the development process of that road. There are no current proposals to introduce tolls on any new roads.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 19 November 2004
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Answered by Nicol Stephen on 6 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the intention expressed in the Explanatory Memorandum of the Scotland Act 1998 (Modifications of Schedule 5) Order 2004 “That the devolution of legislative competence to the Scottish Parliament, via this instrument, will enable the Scottish Parliament to transfer the relevant rail functions to the Scottish Ministers” is adequately reflected in the wording of the draft instrument which provides for all functions of Strathclyde Passenger Transport Authority and Strathclyde Passenger Transport Executive under Part II of the Transport Act 1998 and sections 32 to 36 of the Railways Act 1993 to be transferred to the Scottish ministers.
Answer
The intention in the explanatory memorandum is accurate.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 19 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 6 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether provisions of the Scotland Act 1998 (Modifications of Schedule 5) Order 2004 will permit Scottish ministers to exercise certain powers of the Strathclyde Passenger Transport Authority and Strathclyde Passenger Transport Executive set out in the Transport Act 1968 and the Railways Act 1993.
Answer
The provisions of the Scotland Act 1998 (Modifications of Schedule 5) Order 2004 are intended, once made, to enable the Scottish Parliament to legislate to transfer the rail transport powers of the Strathclyde Passenger Transport Authority and Strathclyde Passenger Transport Executive set out in the Transport Act 1968 and the Railways Act 1993 to the Scottish ministers.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 2 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has sought legal advice on any increased risk of judicial review of ministerial decisions associated with implementation of provisions of the Scotland Act 1998 (Modifications of Schedule 5) Order 2004 and, if so, what the substance of that advice is.
Answer
Scottish ministers do not generally comment on the legal advice sought or provided, but clearly all legislative proposals are subject to legal scrutiny.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 2 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether, following implementation of the provisions of the Scotland Act 1998 (Modifications of Schedule 5) Order 2004, consideration should be given to amending the relevant primary legislation.
Answer
Following the making of the Scotland Act 1998 (Modifications of Schedule 5) Order 2004, should the Scottish Parliament decide to legislate to enable the transfer of the relevant rail powers of Strathclyde Passenger Transport to the Scottish ministers, then the relevant primary legislation would be amended as appropriate.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 2 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that there will be no impact on the public sector under the Scotland Act 1998 (Modifications of Schedule 5) Order 2004, given that the discharge of the order’s provisions will lead to the transfer of staff from Strathclyde Passenger Transport Authority and Strathclyde Passenger Transport Executive to the civil service.
Answer
The draft order varies the competence of the Scottish Parliament. It does not in itself have a direct or indirect impact (whether benefit or cost) on the public sector. This is the normal approach for constitutional measures.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 18 November 2004
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 2 December 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what consultation has taken place with Strathclyde Passenger Transport Authority and Strathclyde Passenger Transport Executive in respect of the Scotland Act 1998 (Modifications of Schedule 5) Order 2004 concerning the ability of the Scottish ministers to transfer the powers of those bodies relating to the provision and regulation of railways to the Scottish ministers.
Answer
The proposal to transfer the rail powers of the Strathclyde Passenger TransportAuthority and Executive (SPTA/E) was set out in the Scottish Executive’stransport White Paper, Scotland’s Transport Future, (Bib. number 33072)published in June 2004. There was discussion between the Scottish Executive andSPTA/E both before and after the publication of the White Paper.
