This search includes all content on the Scottish Parliament website, except for Votes and Motions. All Official Reports (what has been said in Parliament) and Questions and Answers are available from 1999. You can refine your search by adding and removing filters.
I am happy to report that the West of Scotland Water Authority is implementing a significant investment programme to ensure that there are cleaner beaches on the Clyde coast. Earlier this summer, I visited the waterworks at Fairlie, where the new system is being introduced.
If the bill is passed and implemented, presumably EWS will surrender its pathing rights on the route over the Forth bridge in favour of the new rights to Longannet via the new railway.
Others may have done so, but I will not. Oh! That was a cheap shot—I apologise. Charities will now quite properly be dealt with under the communities portfolio.
Performance towards delivery of these commitments is monitored regularly by the National Waiting Times Unit, and waiting times statistics are published quarterly.To assist NHScotland to redesign services and reduce waiting times, the Centre for Change and Innovation is undertaking the largest outpatient improvement programme seen in Scotland to create sustainable change and assist NHSScotland to meet the national maximum waiting time of 26...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
13 January 2004
Information on averageavailable staffed medical and surgical paediatric beds for the year ending 31 March 2003 isshown in Table 1.The information forspecialisms in paediatric medicine assigned to those beds is not heldcentrally.Table 1: NHSiS - Average AvailableStaffed Beds; by Health Board Area and Location: Year Ending 31 March 2003 (Provisional) Area Medical Paediatrics Surgical Paediatrics Scotland 738 125 Argyll and Clyde 59 - Inverclyde Royal Hospital Royal Alexandra Hospital Vale of Leven District General Hospital 19 - 34 - 6 - Ayrshire and Arran 62 - Ayrshire Central Hospital Crosshouse Hospital The Ayr Hospital 25 - 26...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
13 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will detail in descending order the top 50 recipients of Less Favoured Areas Support Scheme subsidy under the new scheme and the equivalent figures for the last year of the old scheme.
The committee would be amazed by the difference that visits from members make locally. Such visits mean that Scotland is once again in the news and gets talked about.
Scottish ParliamentJustice 1 CommitteeWednesday 26 January 2005 Scottish ParliamentJustice 1 CommitteeWednesday 26 January 2005 The Convener opened the meeting at 10:14Subordinate Legislation Subordinate LegislationLand Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 (Modification) Order 2005 (Draft) Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 (M...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
13 November 2006
The following table showsthe number of people employed in the fishing, farming and manufacturing sectorin the years, 1997, 1999 and latest available. Industry 1997 1999 Latest Available Fishing* 8,194 7,330 4,971 (2005) Agriculture** 68,830 69,...