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To ask the Scottish Government what planning guidelines it will use to regulate new house building on flood plains. Scottish Planning Policy (SPP) sets out the Scottish Government’s policy on planning and flooding.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
19 February 2014
To ask the Scottish Government how many cases of mouth cancer have been diagnosed in each year since 1999, broken down by (a) NHS board and (b) age of patient. Information on the number of new cases of mouth cancer by year of diagnosis and by (a) NHS board and (b) age group is published on ISD’s website under the cancer statistics topic area via this link:...
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Date answered:
8 January 2014
We believe that full statutory regulation should not be the default approach and support the Accredited Voluntary Registration scheme of the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care as a proportionate, risk-based, alternative for new groups. S4W-18886
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Date answered:
29 November 2013
We are open-minded about any vessel design that meets the specifications developed for new vessels. These specifications will require vessels able to operate year-round in some rough seas and in and out of some challenging berths.
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Date answered:
11 November 2013
In addition we are working with NHS 24 and other partners on new ways of engaging with people who are in distress under the Project Ginsberg initiative.
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Date answered:
30 September 2013
Redeploying police officers according to operational need is not new. Within the former Strathclyde police force, for example, officers were redeployed between urban, rural and island areas, when the operational need arose.
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Date answered:
27 September 2013
The amendment will aim to remove the right to redeem securities after 20 years for those participating in designated schemes, including the new Help to Buy (Scotland) shared equity scheme.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
18 September 2013
To ask the Scottish Government whether the expert ferry group will advise on the provision of new ferry routes. The overarching purpose of the expert ferry group includes, when requested, providing Scottish Ministers with considered advice about key ferries related issues in Scotland.
To ask the Scottish Government whether the priorities of the business innovation and growth programme that it announced in its news release of 19 June 2013, £20 million drive for business innovation and growth, represents the underspend from the pre-existing European Regional Development Fund 2007-13 programmes.
I requested a meeting with the Secretary of State for Health on 15 January 2013 to discuss value based pricing and its impact on access to new medicines in Scotland. My request for a meeting was subsequently passed to Earl Howe, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Quality.