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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: S1W-11624

Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 November 2000
Current Status: Answered by Iain Gray on 8 January 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to bring to the attention of schoolchildren the effects which shoplifting can have on others in terms of the price of goods and the impact of such behaviour on shopkeepers and other, particularly elderly, customers.

Question reference: S1W-11618

Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 November 2000
Current Status: Answered by Iain Gray on 8 January 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what the annual cost of retail crime is to (a) business and (b) the public purse.

Question reference: S1W-11620

Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 November 2000
Current Status: Answered by Iain Gray on 8 January 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of retail crime can be attributed to those of school age.

Question reference: S1W-12072

Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 15 December 2000
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 4 January 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive when the report of the Millan Commission, due to be published in the summer of 2000, will now be published.

Question reference: S1W-11945

Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 December 2000
Current Status: Answered by Iain Gray on 3 January 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether there are any circumstances whereby an individual may defer an alternative sentence of imprisonment to a time of their choosing and whether any of these circumstances apply in respect of Tommy Sheridan MSP.

Question reference: S1W-11946

Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 December 2000
Current Status: Answered by Iain Gray on 3 January 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether Members of the Scottish Parliament are afforded any dispensations under the criminal justice system not available to those whom they represent.

Question reference: S1O-02689

Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 December 2000
Current Status: Answered by Iain Gray on 14 December 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Children and Young People Safety Initiative implemented by Strathclyde Police in conjunction with South Lanarkshire council has been a success and what steps it will take to promote such initiatives elsewhere.

The evaluation report which was published in 1998 certainly paints a very positive picture. The vast majority of the communities in which the initiative operated were very supportive of its aims and effectiveness. It is, of course, an operational matter for individual Chief Constables in association with their local authority to determine whether such measures provide the means to address issues of particular concern in their areas.

Question reference: S1W-11182

Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 13 November 2000
Current Status: Answered by Sam Galbraith on 27 November 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive why the Heathfield retail development and Ayr United Stadium developments were called in for public inquiry.

Question reference: S1W-11181

Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 13 November 2000
Current Status: Answered by Sam Galbraith on 27 November 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive why the proposed IKEA development at Braehead has not been called in for public inquiry.

Question reference: S1O-02561

Asked by: Phil Gallie, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 November 2000
Current Status: Answered by Jack McConnell on 23 November 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any concerns about the proportion of candidates sitting Higher exams who sit Higher Mathematics.