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To ask the Scottish Executive when it will publish the new tobacco control action plan building on achievements to date which it committed itself to in Improving Health in Scotland: THE CHALLENGE.
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Date answered:
10 December 2003
The main thrust of ScottishEnterprise’s (SE) activity in relation to community land acquisition and/ordevelopment is related to the New Opportunities Fund Scottish Land Fund(NOFSLF) which is administered by a joint Scottish Enterprise/Highlands andIslands Enterprise (HIE) partnership.In addition to supportrelated to NOFSLF activity, SE’s Community Land Unit...
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Date answered:
25 November 2003
These include:working with the Scottish and Northern Ireland Plumbing Employers’ Federation to reiterate that the use of leaded solder on drinking water plumbing is illegal,and to discourage the practice;working with Scottish Water to strengthen their byelaws which enforce the ban on the use of lead solder in all buildings supplied by the public water supply (though stiffer penalties and an improved monitoring regime); asking the ScottishCentre for Infection and Environmental Health to undertake further research toassess the scale of the problem and the impact of measures taken to date;looking at how the new...
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Date answered:
21 October 2003
The initial EC offer issued on 29 April 2003 does not propose any new commitments for the education sectors and, as such, further meetings have not been required.
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Date answered:
8 October 2003
Through Historic Scotland the Executive funds the Buildingsat Risk Register which provides information to the public on historic buildingsin need of rescue with a view to encouraging people to buy them and find new usesfor them. Since the Buildings at Risk initiative was started in 1990, some 650 historicbuildings have been saved in Scotland.Most public inv...
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Date answered:
2 September 2003
The guidance on MCNs can be found at:http://www.show.scot.nhs.uk/sehd/mels/HDL2002_69.pdf.In June 2003 the Executivepublished a draft bill, the NHS Reform (Scotland) Bill, which proposes that NHS boards should begiven a new statutory duty to co-operate with each other, and with the SpecialHealth Boards, to secure and advance the health of the people of Scot...
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Date answered:
19 August 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how much was spent on local authority housing, including repairs and new build, in each local authority area in (a) 1997-98, (b) 1998-99, (c) 1999-2000, (d) 2000-01, (e) 2001-02 and (f) 2002-03.
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Date answered:
1 August 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many new products approved by the Medicines Control Agency and the National Institute for Clinical Excellence have not been approved by the Scottish Medicines Consortium since its establishment.