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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-12798

Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 January 2001
Current Status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 7 February 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what consultation has taken place with farmers on the proposals to increase the levy paid to the Meat and Livestock Commission.

Question reference: S1W-12795

Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 January 2001
Current Status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 7 February 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to make representations to the Meat and Livestock Commission on its proposals to increase its levies.

Question reference: S1W-12797

Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 January 2001
Current Status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 7 February 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether any further changes are planned in connection with the promotion of meat produce following the establishment of Quality Meat Scotland.

Question reference: S1W-12785

Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 January 2001
Current Status: Answered by Rhona Brankin on 7 February 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide details of the cod recovery plan agreed between the EU and the Norwegian authorities and what the impact of this will be for the Scottish fishing industry.

Details of the cod recovery plan are given in the Agreed Record of Consultations between the European Community and Norway on the North Sea cod crises, a copy of which has been placed in the Parliament's Reference Centre (Bib. no. 11042).I am currently undertaking a series of meetings with the industry to discuss the potential impact of the North Sea Cod recovery programme and the outcome of last December's Fishery Council.

Question reference: S1W-11660

Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 30 November 2000
Current Status: Answered by Iain Gray on 1 February 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to make available funding for child-care or creche facilities to assist in the recruitment of female retained fire fighters.

Question reference: S1W-12567

Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 18 January 2001
Current Status: Answered by Henry McLeish on 1 February 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive why the Minister for Rural Affairs was renamed the Minister for Rural Development.

Question reference: S1W-12573

Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 18 January 2001
Current Status: Answered by Sam Galbraith on 1 February 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many sea cage fish farming operators have been taken to court by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency and what percentage of these cases resulted in a conviction, broken down for each year since the establishment of the agency.

Question reference: S1W-12568

Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 18 January 2001
Current Status: Answered by Alasdair Morrison on 1 February 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to introduce compulsory registration for bed and breakfast establishments.

Question reference: S1W-12171

Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 21 December 2000
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 31 January 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-10038 by Mr Jim Wallace on 5 October 2000, whether it will make an announcement this year on the outcome of the evaluation of responses to the consultation paper issued on 12 January 2000 regarding high hedges.

Question reference: S1W-12191

Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 22 December 2000
Current Status: Answered by Wendy Alexander on 31 January 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what analysis it has made of the impact on the economy of bundle services.