- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 March 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 25 March 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what estimate it has made of the additional cost of proceeding with the Milltimber option for the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route compared with the Murtle option favoured by Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire councils.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-2518 on 23 August 2007. 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.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 March 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 25 March 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what the costs were of detailed design and value engineering work on the Murtle option for the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route; what reductions in cost were secured through this work, and whether any of this work will provide any benefit following the decision not to proceed with the Murtle option.
Answer
Prior to the announcement in December 2005 of the adoption of the Milltimber Brae and Fastlink, £12.2 million was spent on the design of the Murtle Route. £6.4 million of the £12.2 million spent related to sections of the Murtle route common to the current proposals.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 March 2008
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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.
Answer
The Mobility and Access Committee for Scotland was set up by statutory instrument. In order to dissolve the body a further instrument to revoke that instrument is required.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 28 February 2008
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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.
Answer
Strathclyde Partnership for Transport, the lead partner in the consortium behind the Clyde Fastlink project, have been keeping ministers informed of on-going discussions between the various stakeholders including the health boards and the local authorities.
The Clyde Fastlink project is being considered in the context of the Strategic Transport Project Review.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 February 2008
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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.
Answer
Further to Ms Hyslop's answer to question S3W-8570. I expect to be able to provide the detailed cost calculations within the next month.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 21 February 2008
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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.
Answer
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.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 21 February 2008
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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.
Answer
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.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 08 February 2008
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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%.
Answer
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 08 February 2008
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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.
Answer
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 08 February 2008
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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.
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