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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

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Question reference: S3W-10856

Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 March 2008
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 25 March 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is planned to take forward the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route as a PPP to allow the costs to be spread over the longer term and, if not, what funding option is currently favoured.

Question reference: S3W-10835

Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 10 March 2008
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 25 March 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider a 40% reduction in ferry fares for residents of the Isles of Arran and Cumbrae on the Clyde what the reasons are for its position.

Question reference: S3W-10758

Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 06 March 2008
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 20 March 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive whether legislation is needed to dissolve the Mobility and Access Committee for Scotland in order for it to be amalgamated with the Public Transport Users’ Committee.

Question reference: S3W-10525

Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 28 February 2008
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 10 March 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive whether ministers have been kept informed of discussions that have taken place between NHS Greater Glasgow, Glasgow City Council, Strathclyde Partnership for Transport and other strategic partners regarding the benefits of the proposed Clyde Fastlink scheme in helping improve access to the Southern General Hospital and the Golden Jubilee National Hospital and whether Fastlink has been the subject of discussions involving officials from Transport Scotland and the Scottish Government’s health department.

Question reference: S3W-10380

Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 February 2008
Current Status: Answered by Adam Ingram on 7 March 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-8570 by Fiona Hyslop on 24 January 2008, when it expects to be able to provide the detailed cost calculations for the Kerelaw Independent Inquiry.

Question reference: S3W-10150

Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 21 February 2008
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 6 March 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list all the meetings between the First Minister and Donald Trump or his representatives since taking office, showing dates, locations and who was present.

The First Minister met with Donald Trump on 11 October 2007 whilst attending a GlobalScot dinner at Le Perigord restaurant in New York. Mr Trump was one of the 12 attendees at the dinner from the following organisations:

Alexandria Real Estate, Royal Bank of Scotland, General Electric, Wyeth Research and McKinsey and Co. The dinner was also attended by SDI and Scottish Government officials.

The purpose of the dinner was to leverage the knowledge, expertise and connections of senior Globalscots in order to maximise the growth of Scottish companies in the Americas.

Mr Salmond has attended other meetings with Mr Trump's representatives in his capacity as the MSP for Gordon. Details of these meetings are not held by the Scottish Government but were given in evidence to the Local Government Committee.

Question reference: S3W-09703

Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 08 February 2008
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 3 March 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3O-2239 by Stewart Stevenson on 7 February 2008, how its performance in reaching the percentage target it has set itself for reduction in emissions by 2011 will be measured.

on 7 February 2008, how its performance in reaching the percentage target it has set itself for reduction in emissions by 2011 will be measured.

(S3W-09703)

Stewart Stevenson The Greenhouse Gas Inventory for Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland will be used to measure emissions in each year up to and including 2011. The inventory for 1990 to 2005 can be found at http://www.naei.org.uk/reports.php.
As stated in the Government Economic Strategy our target is to reduce emissions over the period to 2011.

Question reference: S3W-09704

Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 08 February 2008
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 3 March 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3O-02239 by Stewart Stevenson on 7 February 2008, what level or tonnage of emissions in 2011 would be consistent with the pathway towards reducing emissions by 80%.

on 7 February 2008, what level or tonnage of emissions in 2011 would be consistent with the pathway towards reducing emissions by 80%.

(S3W-09704)

Stewart Stevenson I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-6397 on 17 January 2008. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.

Question reference: S3W-09702

Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 08 February 2008
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 3 March 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3O-2239 by Stewart Stevenson on 7 February 2008, what percentage target it has set itself for reduction in emissions by 2011.

Question reference: S3W-10151

Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 21 February 2008
Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 3 March 2008

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth plans to take the decision about the Trump development in Aberdeenshire by himself, in private or by appointing a reporter to hear all the arguments in public.

Given the nature of the Menie Estate application and the considerable public interest it is important that the process to examine the issues is as efficient, transparent and inclusive as possible. For those reasons I have determined that there should be a Public Local Inquiry, under the stewardship of a very experienced reporter.

The reporter will make a recommendation to me in due course. I will consider the report carefully and will then make the decision on the case.