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To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is aware of the assessment by West Dunbartonshire Council that removal of the tolls on the Erskine Bridge would create 100 jobs and provide a significant boost to the economic development of West Dunbartonshire. We are aware that the Leader of West Dunbartonshire Council made a statement to this effect in evidence t...
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Date answered:
27 October 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of the Minister for Environment and Rural Development's recent announcement that the greenhouse gas inventory for Scotland has shown a steady decline in emissions, what information it has on how this decline compares with equivalent trends in England and Wales.
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Date answered:
26 September 2005
This is a matter for Scottish Environment Protection Agency, in the first instance. It monitors developments in scientific understanding of the effects of chloramines and other substances on the water environment.
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Date answered:
4 August 2005
I asked the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) to update its Prisons Estates Strategy in the light of the Napier judgement and other developments since the Estates Review was completed in 2002.
Under Joint Future, which appliedto all of community care from April 2004, the Scottish Executive expects local partnersto develop more holistic approaches to the management of services, the use of resourcesand assessing individual needs.
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Date answered:
29 April 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with organisations such as the National Farmers Union Scotland and other potential stakeholders about the development of biofuels, including biodiesel, and what the outcome has been of any such discussions.
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Date answered:
22 April 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how much, and what percentage of, moorland has been lost due to urban development in each year for which figures are available, in total and broken down by region.