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To ask the Presiding Officer (a) when the plans for the Holyrood site were, or will be, signed off; (b) when and how these plans will be available for inspection by MSPs and the public; (c) when the Holyrood progress group will meet, and (d) whether the Holyrood progress group will consist of professionals in the construction field or of MSPs or both.
The regulatory role of the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate (NII) relates to safety within nuclear licensed sites. This is a reserved matter.Protection of the environment is the regulatory responsibility of the environment agencies who regularly meet the NII to discuss issues of common interest.Discharges of radioactive waste to the environment in Scotlan...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
27 January 2000
This involves face-to-face meetings between officials and a wide range of interested parties across Scotland and an open invitation to any other individuals or organisations, through a press release and consultation paper on the Scottish Executive web site, to submit their views. S1W-03708
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
20 January 2000
On 4 October 1999, an audit of staff, commissioned by Highlands and Islands Enterprise, at Barmac's Nigg and Ardersier yards showed that there were 4,254 staff on site of whom approximately 2,400 were employed by sub-contractors.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
20 January 2000
Video conferencing facilities at the Parliament have been used by Members and staff to connect to a number of academic establishments, to Scottish Executive sites, and as part of an international link-up in conjunction with the United Nations AIDS conference held last year.The Parliament's Education Service also used the facility on the 22 June 1999 for a "...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
1 October 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average council tax bill was in each of the last five financial years, expressed as a percentage of the average (a) wage and (b) state pension.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
13 March 2002
Donald Dewar, the then Secretary of State for Scotland, announced on 8 May 1998 that the 12 Priority Partnership Areas designated in November 1996 would evolve into Social Inclusion Partnerships (SIPs) and that SIPs would also be set up in other areas across Scotland.In July 1998 the Scottish Executive wrote to all Scottish local authority chief executives outlining the key characteristics of SIPs and inviting expressions...
Has he reflected on the views that were expressed earlier this week by the Labour peer Lord Sewel, who lamented the lack of talent in the Scottish Executive and implied that the current crop of ministers are just not up to it?
Looking at the paper that has been put before us, I must express a fear, as I have done at previous meetings, that we are in danger of taking on a task that is too large, which is acknowledged by the clerks.
On all those issues, the Executive's actions followed careful consideration of the views expressed in the chamber. In his new year's day message to the nation, expressed in the Sunday Post, the First Minister said:"I believe voters want to see a little more straight talking from their politicians.