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To ask the Scottish Executive what support it is giving to development of hydropower plants of less than one megawatt and what action it is taking to ensure that such plants can gain connection to local and national electricity grid systems as quickly as possible.
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30 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether and how the advice of the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) to Aberdeen City Council’s public local inquiry in May 2006 and Moray Council’s public local inquiry in November 2007 complied with SEPA’s general duty to ensure that its activities are compatible with the statutory guidance on sustainable development in respect of SEPA’s own contribution to sustainable development and environmental justice.
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21 February 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what revenue and capital costs were incurred by the Scottish Industrial Development Advisory Board in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07.
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19 February 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding the introduction of a development management scheme under the Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003.
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19 February 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will develop a national mental health service for deaf people and, if so, what the timescale will be for achieving a service agreement to that effect.
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28 January 2008
Our trade and investment arm,Scottish Development International (SDI), has been targeting companies across China, includingin Shandong, that offer Scotland investment or collaboration opportunities.
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21 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will review its use of low copy number DNA, in light of recent developments in other judiciaries in the United Kingdom.
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5 December 2007
The Scottish Governmentis fully committed to raising levels of attainment in literacy and the Curriculumfor Excellence places strong emphasis on the development of literacy acrossthe curriculum, with all teachers having responsibility for promoting language andliteracy development.
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20 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to develop a national strategy for children and young people who are looked after away from home, in light of the No Time to Lose manifesto developed by the Scottish Institute for Residential Child Care.