- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 4 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-97 by Stewart Stevenson on 1 June 2007, what objectives it wishes Scottish Water to deliver in relation to improved delivery of sewerage services.
Answer
I refer themember to the answer to question S3W-3150 on 4 September 2007. All answers on written parliamentary questions areavailable on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can befound 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: Monday, 13 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 4 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-94 by Stewart Stevenson on 30 May 2007, what additional information can be provided about its plans to develop and promote a strategy for achieving net zero carbon buildings.
Answer
I have asked Dr.Paul Stollard, Chief Executive of the Scottish Building Standards Agency, toanswer. His response is as follows:
The constitutionof an Expert Panel that will meet this September has been announced. Revisionsto the energy standards in Scottish building regulations will be kick-startedby this meeting and the plans for developing and promoting a strategy forachieving net zero carbon buildings will be on the agenda.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 13 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 4 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that completion of the North Clyde Development Route will enhance accessibility to proposed Commonwealth Games venues.
Answer
The North Clyde Development Route is intended to provide a gateway route fromWest Dunbartonshire to Western Glasgow and open up development/regeneration opportunities forWest Dunbartonshire and Glasgow City Council areas on the northbank of the Clyde.
The Glasgow 2014 CommonwealthGames Organising Committee will devise a games transport plan which will set outhow the existing and proposed transport infrastructure around games venues willsupport the games and will provide details of operational transport proposals, includingtransport services for athletes, officials and media and a comprehensive spectatoraccess strategy for each venue.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 13 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 4 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether ministers support the introduction of a limited third-party right of appeal in planning matters and what limits on such a right of appeal they would support.
Answer
The Governmentintends to implement the provisions of the Planning Etc (Scotland) Act 2006 and has no plans to alter the arrangementson rights to appeal.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 13 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 4 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration is being given to improving public transport access to the Golden Jubilee National Hospital from (a) within and (b) outwith greater Glasgow.
Answer
The provision oflocal bus services is a matter for operators and local transport authorities. Thelevel of First ScotRail train services is specified in the ScotRail Franchise.
The NationalWaiting Times Centre Board – the special health board which runs the Golden Jubilee National Hospital – is working closely with localauthorities, transport providers and other key stakeholders to ensure that patients,staff and visitors can easily access hospital services. This includes aStrathclyde Partnership for Transport questionnaire to develop future travelplans.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 13 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 4 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-94 by Stewart Stevenson on 30 May 2007, what additional information can be provided about its plans to improve the dissemination of information and service to stakeholders.
Answer
I have asked Dr.Paul Stollard, Chief Executive of the Scottish Building Standards Agency (SBSA),to answer. His response is as follows:
The SBSA willcontinue to fulfil its role as a national centre of excellence by thepublication of Technical Handbooks, guidance and advice; the appointment andauditing of certifiers of design and construction; the improvement ofverification and partnership working with professional bodies and keystakeholders to agree joint protocols; collaborative research and sharededucational programmes.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 13 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 4 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-94 by Stewart Stevenson on 30 May 2007, what additional information can be provided about its plans to introduce better standards to prevent noise nuisance.
Answer
I have asked Dr.Paul Stollard, Chief Executive of the Scottish Building Standards Agency, toanswer. His response is as follows:
A BuildingStandards Advisory Committee working group has now been set up and is in theprocess of reviewing the standards and guidance. Public consultation isprogrammed for February 2008.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 4 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what targets have been set by Scottish Water to reduce its carbon footprint and contribute to the Executive’s climate change objectives.
Answer
As this is anoperational matter for Scottish Water, I have asked the chief executive toreply to your enquiry directly.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 13 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 4 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how ministers will ensure co-operative working between the Glasgow and Edinburgh city-region strategic development planning authorities to deliver sustainable economic growth in the central belt.
Answer
Glasgow andEdinburgh are two powerful engines for the growth of the Scottish economy. Tomaximise their success they need to compete together in the global marketplaceand not against each other. Strategic planning is a powerful tool forco-ordinating the land and infrastructure required to deliver this growth.
The firstNational Planning Framework (NPF) stressed the importance of the relationshipbetween Glasgow and Edinburgh to Scotland’s long-termdevelopment. The second National Planning Framework (NPF2) provides theopportunity to take the city collaboration agenda forward, setting a nationalspatial planning context for the strategic development plans (SDPs) that willsubsequently be published for the Glasgow and Edinburgh city-regions. ThePlanning etc. (Scotland) Act 2006 requires strategic developmentplan authorities (SDPAs) to take the NPF into account in preparing these plans.
It will be forthe SDPAs themselves to set their priorities and determine their detailedworking arrangements, but close working between the two SDPAs for the Glasgowand Edinburgh city-regions will be encouraged. This will build on the ongoingwork of the Glasgow-Edinburgh collaboration project, to which the Scottishgovernment is contributing £800,000 from the Cities Growth Fund.
The Scottish governmentwill consult on the secondary legislation on development planning later this year.These regulations may be used to specify the information and considerationsthat SDPAs must have regard to when preparing SDPs and are likely to include aspecific requirement for SDPAs to have regard to SDPs prepared for neighbouringareas.
- Asked by: Des McNulty, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 10 August 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 4 September 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-97 by Stewart Stevenson on 1 June 2007, what objectives it wishes Scottish Water to deliver in relation to improved delivery of drinking water.
Answer
I refer themember to the answer to question S3W-3150 on 4 September 2007. All answers on written parliamentary questions areavailable on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can befound at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
