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To ask the Scottish Executive whether the (a) Lord Advocate or (b) First Minister were consulted prior to the Cabinet Secretary for Justice visiting Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi in HMP Greenock on 5 August 2009 and what the nature was of any advice or opinion given by them.
Information obtained from Lothian and Borders Police indicates that between January and December 2008 the force undertook 255 intelligence-led test purchase visits to off“sales premises. Of those premises tested there were 39 first failures and four second failures.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
12 December 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what it estimates to be the gross value added from direct visitor spend attributable to woodland visits in the public forest estate. The estimated total spend per year by visitors to the national forest estate in Scotland is £38.9 million.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
11 September 2008
The Scottish Government is actively considering opportunities to promote Scotland as a great place to live, learn, visit and do business. Homecoming Scotland 2009 will take that message to Scots and those who love Scotland overseas throughout the next year.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to support Aberdeen Prison Visiting Committee’s efforts to establish a new community prison in Aberdeen.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
21 January 2008
The Scottish Prisons Commissionhas been asked to consider how imprisonment is currently used in Scotland forall prisoners and how that use fits with the Government’s wider strategic objectives.The commission visited HM Prison and YoungOffenders’ Institution Cornton Vale on 17 January 2008 anddiscussed various relevant issues with both prison staff and femal...
We have received apologies from John Park and Gil Paterson, both of whom are on a European and External Relations Committee visit to Brussels. In place of Gil Paterson, we are joined by Bob Doris, whom I welcome.I have switched off my mobile phone and ask members please to do the same.Given that this is Helen Eadie's first meeting, I ask her to declare any ...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
16 December 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what estimate it has made of the value of Scotland’s economic, sporting and other cultural links with Argentina and how this compares with the value of such links with England.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
8 September 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether an assessment has been made of the impact on greenhouse gas emissions of the removal of tolls on the Erskine bridge and how the results compare with any estimate based on traffic modelling before the tolls were removed.