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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: S3W-25779

Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 July 2009
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 12 August 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive when meetings of the Drugs Strategy Delivery Commission have taken place and whether minutes of these meetings are available.

Question reference: S3W-25781

Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 July 2009
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 12 August 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive who sits on the Drugs Strategy Delivery Commission.

Question reference: S3W-25785

Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 July 2009
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 12 August 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what the timescale is for the (a) work and (b) existence of the Drugs Strategy Delivery Commission.

Question reference: S3W-25780

Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 July 2009
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 12 August 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how often the Drugs Strategy Delivery Commission will meet.

Question reference: S3W-25778

Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 July 2009
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 12 August 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive when the Drugs Strategy Delivery Commission was established.

On 20 April 2009, I announced that a new body would be established, building on the Scottish Advisory Committee on Drugs Misuse, with a clear remit to oversee the successful implementation of the drugs strategy. The new body would be named the Drugs Strategy Delivery Commission and would have a greater degree of independence from government, with an independent chair. People would be invited to sit on the Drugs Strategy Delivery Commission because of their personal expertise and experience; these would be unpaid appointments.

We are currently finalising arrangements for the new commission; no meetings have yet taken place. It will be for the new commission to decide its plan of work and how that work will be reported (including the publication of minutes and findings). It is envisaged that the commission will meet approximately quarterly and that it will be able to establish sub-groups on specific subjects, as well as developing appropriate links with existing groups including the National Evidence Group and the Drug-Related Deaths Group.

Question reference: S3W-25783

Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 July 2009
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 12 August 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive when and how often the Drugs Strategy Delivery Commission will report on its findings.

Question reference: S3W-25784

Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 July 2009
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 12 August 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive whether any working groups or sub-groups will be established under the Drugs Strategy Delivery Commission and, if so, what these will be.

Question reference: S3W-25776

Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 July 2009
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 6 August 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive to whom the drug service national support coordinators will report.

Question reference: S3W-25775

Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 July 2009
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 6 August 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the national support coordinators will have authority over local partners in the deliver of drug treatment services.

Question reference: S3W-25795

Asked by: Ross Finnie, MSP for West of Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 July 2009
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 6 August 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Scottish Drug Misuse Database is connected to the Scottish DNA database and, if so, how.