- Asked by: Michael Russell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 September 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 30 September 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps Historic Scotland will be instructed to take to secure the status of Iona Abbey as a place of pilgrimage as well as a place of spiritual and historical discovery for many casual visitors and tourists.
Answer
Historic Scotland will manage Iona Abbey as professionally and sensitively as all the other religious sites in its care.
- Asked by: Michael Russell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 August 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Sam Galbraith on 23 September 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive what means are being used to ensure that Scotland's sporting heritage and culture is included in the Executive's national cultural strategy.
Answer
We recognise that sport forms an important part of Scotland's national heritage and cultural life, as we acknowledged in the debate at the beginning of September. We would welcome responses to the consultation document suggesting how this might be taken into account in developing the cultural strategy.
- Asked by: Michael Russell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 August 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Sam Galbraith on 17 September 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive what arrangements are being made to ensure cross fertilisation between the focus group and consultation for the national cultural strategy and the work being done to implement the Sport 21 strategy.
Answer
The Focus Group members are already aware of the document 'Sport 21 - Nothing Left To Chance' and the important contribution it is making to the development of sport in Scotland.
- Asked by: Michael Russell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 August 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 15 September 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it will take to assist house owners in Lanarkshire and elsewhere whose title has been left vulnerable to challenge and has been the subject of challenge as a result of feudal land law.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to S1W-1136.
- Asked by: Michael Russell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 August 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 15 September 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it will take, prior to the enactment of relevant legislation, to curb the activities of those who profit by challenging the title of house owners whose title has been left vulnerable to such challenge, as seen recently in Lanarkshire.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to S1W-1136.
- Asked by: Michael Russell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 August 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 15 September 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive what measures will be contained in its proposed land reform legislation to prevent the type of cases seen in Lanarkshire and elsewhere, where house owners' titles have been left vulnerable to challenge through no fault of their own, as a result of feudal land law or of parties taking positive measures to create exploitable defects in titles.
Answer
We intend to introduce a full programme of land reform which will modernise the basis of land tenure in Scotland and which will remove the abuses deriving from feudal law and from the exploitation of defects in titles. The first stage of that reform will be a bill to abolish feudal tenure. It will be followed by bills which will reform real burdens and abolish leasehold casualties.We are keen to deal with the problem of leasehold casualties. A Bill for this purpose has already been drafted by the Scottish Law Commission and we are looking for a suitable opportunity to introduce it.
- Asked by: Michael Russell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 August 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 7 September 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will ensure that consultation and implementation of Sport 21 will include representatives of minority sports.
Answer
Sportscotland is setting up arrangements for monitoring the implementation of Sport 21 and will ensure that the interests of all recognised sports are considered as part of that process. I will be playing an active part in the monitoring arrangements.
- Asked by: Michael Russell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 August 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 7 September 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps are being made to ensure that sportscotland takes steps to recognise and encourage Scotland's sporting heritage.
Answer
The focus of sportscotland's efforts is the development of sport in Scotland through implementation of the strategy document 'Sport 21-Nothing Left to Chance'. By this means sportscotland can make a major contribution to the further development of a sporting heritage of which everyone in Scotland can be proud.
- Asked by: Michael Russell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 August 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 7 September 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions have taken place with sportscotland regarding a re-location of their headquarters from Edinburgh.
Answer
None.
- Asked by: Michael Russell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 August 1999
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 7 September 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps are being taken to ensure that minority sports in Scotland are represented on sportscotland, given the opportunity that the two present vacancies offer to widen the range of sports involved in the management and supervision of the organisation.
Answer
The process for making appointments to sportscotland will follow the guidance laid down by the Commissioner for Public Appointments. Individuals are not appointed on a representative basis. The Scottish Executive placed advertisements in the press on 6 August inviting applications from individuals interested in becoming members of sportscotland. We hope that by advertising publicly we will attract people with a wide range of skills, backgrounds and interests from throughout Scotland. To date we have received 267 expressions of interest.
