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Date answered:
10 August 2000
S1W-08817
Before GM crops and foods can be approved for marketing or wider commercial use they must be rigorously assessed for safety.This is an issue with an international dimension and the rigorous regulatory regime which we have in place at European level is designed to protect human health and the environment while simultaneously providing a strategic framework for the development of GM technology. This technology could bring significant benefits; not least in the field of medical biotechnology, where Scottish science is in a leading position.
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Date answered:
13 July 2000
S1W-08385
In the consultation paper "Better Homes for Scotland's Community - the Executive's proposals for the Housing Bill" which was published on 5 July, we explained that relevent areas would include those where there is a shortage of socially rented housing or limits on new development posed by land, planning and infrastruture constraints.
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Date answered:
6 July 2000
S1O-02123
The promotion of public health is being progressed through a wide range of measures which seek to improve life circumstances, to address lifestyles and to target priority health topics, with an overarching aim of reducing health inequalities. These measures are developing from the White Paper, Towards a Healthier Scotland, which is available in the Parliame...
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Date answered:
5 July 2000
S1W-07939
I understand that they have found that NRT is effective in aiding smoking cessation.Guidance was issued to health boards in April 1999 on extending and developing NHS' efforts to help people stop smoking.
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Date answered:
3 July 2000
S1W-07524
The Scottish Cancer Group is working with the Waiting Times Steering Group and the NHSiS to develop meaningful waiting times across the care pathway from referral to treatment, to be delivered from March 2001.
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Date answered:
29 June 2000
S1W-07628
To ask the Scottish Executive what research or evidence it used to rule out a levy on non-workplace customer parking provided at large out-of-town retail developments on page eight of Tackling Congestion and whether further research is being undertaken in this area of transport policy.
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Date answered:
29 June 2000
S1W-08035
Through the enterprise network, priority is given to support for learning and skills development in SMEs. National Training Organisations have a duty to assess SME skills and training needs, and to influence education and training provision to ensure that these needs are met.
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Date answered:
26 June 2000
S1W-08248
He will also consider it when agreeing the details of the franchise agreement with the successful bidder.The advice includes the Scottish Executive's views on how the new franchise will best fit with the development of an integrated transport policy for Scotland.
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Date answered:
22 June 2000
S1W-07541
In 1997 Sir Donald Acheson, the former Chief Medical Officer for England, was commissioned by the Secretary of State for Health to review and summarise inequalities in health in England and to identify priority areas for the development of policies to reduce them. The resulting report and its policy recommendations were, therefore, of specific relevance to ...
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Date answered:
13 April 2000
S1W-05801
In consultation with user groups, through RNIB and Disability Scotland, the Scottish Parliament is undertaking revisions to its website to facilitate access for the blind and partially sighted. Under development is the provision of text-only version of the site, in which all graphics are replaced by text, and the text itself can be customised by the user in...
