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Order 1999, which was laid before the Parliament on 26 May, be approved. S1M-29 Mr Henry McLeish: That the draft Scotland Act 1998 (Border Rivers) Order 1999, which was laid before the Parliament on 26 May, be approved.
How will ministers respond to the concerns expressed by Energy Action Scotland about the condition of existing housing stock, particularly in the private, owner-occupier and rented sectors?
To ask the Scottish Executive how many out-patients were treated within 26 weeks from GP referral in each quarter in each of the last five years, expressed also as a percentage of the total number of out-patients.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
30 September 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many pensioners lived below Her Majesty's Government's designated poverty level, broken down by (a) gender and (b) age, in each year since 1997, expressed also as a percentage of the total pensioner population.
A' tighinn chun na dàrna ceiste mu àireamh ballrachd a' bhùird, tha fhios agam gun tuirt Bòrd na Cuimris gu bheil ballrachd de 12 ro mhòr. Thòisich sinn le sianar ach chaidh sin suas gu ochdnar.
However, do you also intend to write to the UK Government about some of the points that you are making and to express your priorities on EU reform clearly to the UK Government?
You make a good point. Concerns are sometimes expressed to the Government that the legislation does not cater for particular scenarios, but it can be quite difficult to find evidence of those scenarios ever arising.
I think that that point is what might underlie this committee’s expressing the view—if it chooses to do so—that the codes should be subject to parliamentary scrutiny.
On the information and advice service for carers that is set out in section 31, concern has been expressed that local authorities could set up fresh services in areas where carer information centres that people trust and which provide a lot of advice already exist.