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The Scottish Prison Service is already using a project management approach in its present houseblock building programme and would apply a similar approach in the construction of any new prison. S1W-25267
To ask the Scottish Executive, with regard to its news release SE5439/2002, when the process of recruiting more prosecutors for the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal service will begin and when it expects these prosecutors to take up their duties.
As part of the registration process, childcare providers will be required to obtain a criminal record check on all new employees under Part V of the Police Act 1997.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
11 March 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many changes to EU fishing regulations which apply in Scottish waters and which created new criminal offences, were made in (a) 1999, (b) 2000 and (c) 2001.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has sought any legal advice or guidance with regard to its powers to veto any proposals to build new nuclear electricity generation stations and, if so, what advice or guidance it received.
The Scottish Executive issued a letter of guidance to every fishing vessel licence holder in Scotland on 23 November 2001. This guidance summarised the new requirements brought in by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2056/2001 establishing additional technical measures for the recovery of the stocks of cod in the North Sea and to the west of Scotland.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether Scottish Natural Heritage has given any opinion concerning the environmental impact of the proposed new Milngavie reservoir; whether it will detail any such opinion, and what consideration it has given and response it has made to any such opinion.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
18 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will make a commitment to cancel the appointments of the current team of Independent Assessors to oversee the ministerial appointments to non-departmental public bodies and initiate another selection process, based on the new procedures for their selection as set out by the Deputy Minister for Finance and Public Se...