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SNH seems to have peremptorily ignored points that have been made. People who know about finding hedgehogs say that it is difficult for one person to radio-track more than about 15 hedgehogs, yet SNH has given a figure of 40 hedgehogs.
We could then see whether we get an answer. I will put forward a fourth point of view. My reason for not wanting to call the minister before is that he would have to come before us next Tuesday.
We know that situations change and that ministers must have some flexibility to deal with that. We have conceded the point in the past that legislation should contain such a provision.
I would like him to confirm that he has given consideration to the ideas behind Phil Gallie's amendments and will take them into account. The two points that Mrs McIntosh has made will be covered in the Executive amendments.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
7 November 2006
These include are a DWP liaison group in Scotland, a dedicatedliaison point between the Executive and DWP (which allows for day-to-day dialogueas and when required), and Executive attendance at the DWP Annual Forums.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether its Health Department has provided guidelines to the mobile telecommunications industry regarding the provision of information at point of sale on the specific absorption rate (SAR) values of mobile phones.
Whenthe Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act came into force on 1 January 2005, this administrativearrangement ceased. At this point, there were approximately 30,000 files under a30 year closure, and approximately 11,000 under longer closures.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that the use of “water boarding”, a procedure whereby a suspect’s head is reportedly held under water until they are on the point of drowning, would constitute an act of torture under Scots law.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
9 November 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is acceptable that I received a reply from the Director of Corporate Affairs of the office of the Water Industry Commissioner for Scotland regarding complaints made by a constituent which failed to answer these complaints, despite assurances in a letter of 13 April 2005 from the then Deputy Minister for Environment and Rural Development that "I have asked the Commissioner himself to write to the constituent, copied to you, at his earliest convenience explaining the situation and answering the points...