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To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications under section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 for (a) new and (b) extensions to existing hydro power energy developments it has considered since May 2007.
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18 November 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what discretion LEADER local action groups will have to vary the percentage of funding when match funding is in place under the new arrangements announced in its press release of 25 September 2009.
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26 October 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive for what reason Barrhead High School has not been included in the first phase of secondary schools in the Scottish Government’s new School Estate Strategy, Building Better Schools: Investing in Scotland’s Future.
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8 October 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of the announcement on broadband for rural Scotland by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth in a news release of 23 September 2009, who will decide which exchanges will be upgraded.
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5 October 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will explain the reasoning behind its decision to include a new power station and transhipment hub at Hunterston as a final national development in the National Planning Framework for Scotland 2 despite that development having obtained an overall score in the assessment matrix lower than the majority of proposals as...
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28 September 2009
We will be considering, in partnership with the medical profession in Scotland, how best to prevent any new arrangements of this nature being entered into by GP practices.
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24 September 2009
I met representatives of NHS Fife on 22 September when I opened the new St Andrews Community Hospital and attended a Patient Safety Month event at Queen Margaret Hospital in Dunfermline.
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Date answered:
6 August 2009
The use of the Scottish Drug Misuse Database (SDMD) is reviewed periodically within Information Services Division (ISD) Scotland. New data collection forms were introduced in 1995, 2000, 2006 and 2008 to improve the utility of the database.
The five NHS wheelchair centres in Scotland are planning a pilot service development that will trial new powered wheelchair equipment. People who may wish to participate in this pilot will be identified through the usual health and social care referral process for NHS wheelchair provision.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is aware of the shortage of certain medicines in community pharmacies as a result of the new quota system, also known as direct-to-pharmacy, introduced by pharmaceutical companies.