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To ask the Scottish Executive how it will report to (a) the Parliament and (b) the public on the First Minister's visit to the United Nations World Summit on Sustainable Development.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
11 January 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress is being made in the development of its strategy to address problems arising from timber traffic. I hope to visit areas affected shortly to see problems at first hand and thereafter to work with local authorities, forestry and freight interests and road safety experts to examine practical ways of responding to t...
However, the 2007 local government elections will involve, as we have heard, the use of the new STV system alongside the Holyrood constituency and list counts, and the use of a new, untested electronic counting system.
The decision on the Airborne Initiative's latest application for funding was made on the grounds of effectiveness and value for money and on the basis of comparisons with other programmes.
In September 1998, the promise was:"We will give you an appointment within two weeks of receiving your doctor's letter."The latest one says that"there is sometimes a delay of a few weeks between seeing your General Practitioner and your appointment at the Breast Clinic."
Will the First Minister confirm that, according to the latest figures, more patients are waiting for treatment in the national health service today than when the Conservatives left power?