- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 May 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 4 June 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects Glasgow Housing Association to proceed to second stage transfer of housing stock and whether additional funding will be required to allow this to happen.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-143 on 1 June 2007. All answers towritten parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the searchfacility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 May 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 4 June 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it intends to take to increase energy efficiency in the residential, commercial and industrial sectors.
Answer
The Executive is committed toincreasing energy efficiency in the residential, commercial and industrial sectors.The Executive supports a coherent approach to energy policy, recognising that promotingreduced energy consumption and promoting low carbon technologies are key to achievingsustainable economic growth. The Executive’s proposed Energy Strategy for Scotlandand the introduction of a Climate Change Bill in Scotland will set out ambitioustargets for improving energy efficiency and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 May 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 1 June 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive when it intends to revise building standards.
Answer
I have asked Dr. Paul Stollard,Chief Executive of the Scottish Building Standards Agency (SBSA), to answer. Hisresponse is as follows:
Following the revisions introducedon 1 May this year, work has begun on the next major revisions.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 March 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 23 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has considered, or is considering, the extension of taser use and whether it has been asked by any organisations in Scotland to consider extending the use of tasers.
Answer
No. The circumstances and extentto which tasers are deployed are matters for Chief Constables. The current positionof the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland is that tasers will notbe routinely deployed and will only be issued to authorised firearms officers.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 March 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 23 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what contact it has had with the UK Steering Group on Less Lethal Weapons and how its Justice Department is represented on this group.
Answer
Scottish policing interests onthe UK Steering Group on Less Lethal Weapons are represented by the Associationof Chief Police Officers in Scotland.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 09 March 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 16 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the guidelines on the use of biometric systems in schools, currently being developed by the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency, will apply in Scotland.
Answer
I understand that this guidance is being developed on behalf of the Department for Education and Science and will, therefore, only apply to schools in England.
The following is a corrected answer (published on 28 March 2007); see below.I understand that this guidance is being developed on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills and will, therefore, only apply to schools in England.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 25 January 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 19 February 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it issues guidance to police on the meaning of the term “reasonable grounds” in section 48(1) of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995.
Answer
No. It is the responsibilityof individual police forces to develop guidelines regarding stop and search.Police officers have to act according to the law and be able to demonstrate to theCourts that they have done so.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 29 January 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 12 February 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has published, or intends to publish, a review of the issues covered in the annual statements of education improvement objectives that are required to be published by education authorities under section 5 of the Standards in Scotland’s Schools etc. Act 2000.
Answer
We published a performance reporton the National Priorities in Education in 2003. More recently, ImprovingScottish Education and Improving Scottish Education: Effectivenessof Education Authorities review the performance of the education system, includinghow priorities for education are distinctively shaped by authorities to meet theneeds of their local area. In light of these publications, we have no plans to publishan update to our original report. Copies of all three reports are available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. numbers 30161, 38934 and 41128 respectively).
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 29 January 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Hugh Henry on 12 February 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has published, or intends to publish, a review of the ways in which education authorities encourage equal opportunities, and in particular the observance of equal opportunities requirements, as specified in section 5(2)(b) of the Standards in Scotland’s Schools etc. Act 2000.
Answer
The Executive has no currentplans to review how education authorities encourage equal opportunities and complywith their various statutory obligations in the Standards in Scotland’s Schoolsetc. Act 2000 and other subsequent legislation, some of which will only come into force later thisyear. Where appropriate, the legislation already requires authorities to set out their plansand monitor progress.
- Asked by: Patrick Harvie, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 25 January 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 7 February 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what its interpretation is of the meaning of the term “reasonable grounds” in section 48(1) of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995.
Answer
The act itself provides no definitionof the term “reasonable grounds”. The Executive has not issued any guidance on theterm. Ultimately it is for the courts to determine what grounds are reasonable.
