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Although Scotland has some of the best sites in Europe for wind power, we also have areas of natural scenic beauty and sites that are set aside for wildlife protection.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
9 August 2006
This will be reduced to 18 weeks by the end of 2007.NHSScotland is delivering onthe 26 week national maximum waiting times and is making good progress towardsmeeting the next key target of a maximum wait of 18 weeks by the end of 2007.
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-25367 by Mr Andy Kerr on 28 April 2006, what the incidence was of infants born with congenital heart anomalies, also expressed as a percentage of all births, in each year since 1995.
We often receive such requests from visitors, either through the external liaison unit, which deals with VIP-type visits, or through more general tourist visits.
Members will recall that we considered the regulations on 26 September. We had two main concerns about defective drafting and ambiguity of specific parts of the regulations, which had been picked up by the Subordinate Legislation Committee.
The regulations come into force on 8 May 2000 and the time limit for parliamentary action is 26 May 2000. Any MSP may table a motion to propose to the lead committee to annul the regulations.
I remind him of the firm commitments that he made when he was shadow minister for social security. At that time, he expressed his anger, which he shared with the pensioners, at the breaking of the link between earnings and pensions.
To ask the Scottish Executive how many pensioner households live on an annual income of (a) less than £10,000, (b) £10,001 to £15,000 and (c) 15,001 to £20,000 expressed also as a percentage of the total number of such households.