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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: S2W-23941

Asked by: John Farquhar Munro, MSP for Ross, Skye and Inverness West, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 March 2006
Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 21 March 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive when the community of Kyleakin was first informed about the recently installed TETRA O2 Airwave transmitter.

Question reference: S2W-23940

Asked by: John Farquhar Munro, MSP for Ross, Skye and Inverness West, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 March 2006
Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 21 March 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive why it is necessary to have a TETRA O2 Airwave transmitter in Kyleakin.

Question reference: S2W-23789

Asked by: John Farquhar Munro, MSP for Ross, Skye and Inverness West, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 03 March 2006
Current Status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 17 March 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive whether Scottish Ministers have the authority to transfer the ownership of areas of the seabed from the Crown Estate or Crown Estate Commissioners in order to develop renewable energy projects.

Question reference: S2W-23790

Asked by: John Farquhar Munro, MSP for Ross, Skye and Inverness West, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 03 March 2006
Current Status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 17 March 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive whether Scottish Ministers have the authority to transfer the ownership of areas of the seabed from the Crown Estate or Crown Estate Commissioners contiguous to local communities in order to further the Executive’s objectives in respect of land reform.

Question reference: S2W-23788

Asked by: John Farquhar Munro, MSP for Ross, Skye and Inverness West, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Friday, 03 March 2006
Current Status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 17 March 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive whether Scottish Ministers have the authority to compulsorily purchase areas of the seabed from the Crown Estate or Crown Estate Commissioners in order to progress the development of renewable energy projects.

I refer the member to theanswers to questions S2W-22827 and S2W-22828 on 28 February 2006. The Scottishministers do not have the authority to compulsorilypurchase areas of the seabed from the Crown Estate or Crown Estate Commissionersin order to progress the development of renewable energy projects.All answers to writtenparliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facilityfor which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.

Question reference: S2W-22986

Asked by: John Farquhar Munro, MSP for Ross, Skye and Inverness West, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 February 2006
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 10 March 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what legal advice it has sought in respect of the use of DNA profiles obtained from DNA samples collected from volunteers in Scotland for genetic research without consent.

Question reference: S2W-22984

Asked by: John Farquhar Munro, MSP for Ross, Skye and Inverness West, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 February 2006
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 10 March 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what legal advice it has sought in respect of the use of DNA profiles obtained from DNA samples collected from individuals arrested in Scotland which has been used for genetic research without consent.

Question reference: S2W-22983

Asked by: John Farquhar Munro, MSP for Ross, Skye and Inverness West, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 February 2006
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 10 March 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on how many research projects using DNA profiles obtained from Scots and loaded on the National DNA Database have sought the informed consent of participants since 1995.

Question reference: S2W-23723

Asked by: John Farquhar Munro, MSP for Ross, Skye and Inverness West, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 02 March 2006
Current Status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 9 March 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Transfer of Property etc. (Scottish Ministers) Order 1999 allows Scottish Ministers to transfer the ownership of Crown Estate property in Scotland.

The Transfer ofProperty etc (Scottish Ministers) Order 1999, a copy of which is available in the Scottish ParliamentInformation Centre (Bib. number 30829), provides for the transfer of certain propertyand liabilities of Ministers of the Crown and government departments to the Scottishministers in connection with the transfer to them of functions under the ScotlandAct 1998. It does not provide for the Scottish ministers to transfer ownership ofCrown Estate property in Scotland.

Question reference: S2W-23722

Asked by: John Farquhar Munro, MSP for Ross, Skye and Inverness West, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Thursday, 02 March 2006
Current Status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 9 March 2006

To ask the Scottish Executive whether Scottish Ministers have, under the terms of the Scotland Act 1998, any powers over property held in Scotland by the Crown Estate and, if so, whether these powers include the ability to transfer ownership of land held in right of the Crown by the Crown Estate.