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19 January 2007
S2W-30583
In addition, the Flooding Issues Advisory Committee was set up in2005 to assist in the on-going development of national policy on sustainable floodmanagement, and to help implement the National Flooding Framework.
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19 December 2006
S2W-30383
The outcome of the researchshould be known by the end of the year and we will make progress as quickly as possiblethereafter.Draft Scottish Planning Policy6: Renewable Energy confirms notonly the Executive’s support for local planningpolicies which incorporate microrenewables in new developments but also our intention to introduce a Scottish minimumstandard...
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12 December 2006
S2W-30185
Last summer, a sub-group of the Scottish Ministerial Working Group on Tobacco Control, the Smoking Prevention WorkingGroup, was set up to make recommendations to assist the development of a new long-termsmoking prevention strategy.
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24 November 2006
S2W-29779
The Food Standards Agency advises Scottish ministers onthe transposition of EU measures into Scottish legislation relating to this area.The agency in Scotland also advises Scottish ministers on issues relating to geneticallymodified food and feed.The agency in Scotland ensuresthat Scottish stakeholder views and any specific Scottish circumstances are takeninto consideration when developing the agency’s policy advice and any actions inrelation to genetically modified food and feed applications.
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16 November 2006
S2O-11100
Earlier this year we publishedScotland’s First Action Plan for the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Developmentwhich outlines steps we are taking to ensure that young people have the necessaryknowledge, skills and understanding of the issues and how to act upon them.The “Its Our Future” campaignis supported by a dedicated website which is part of our long-term efforts to raiseawareness of sustainable development...
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15 November 2006
S2W-29574
To ask the Scottish Executive what assurances will be in place to ensure that programmes arising from its new digital inclusion strategy are targeted towards those groups most socially excluded, such as elderly people, disabled people and people on low and fixed incomes, to enable them to benefit from the programmes. In developing the revised digitalinclus...
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5 October 2006
S2O-10780
All athletes across Great Britainare eligible for the World Class Podium, World Class Development or World ClassTalent Programmes will receive a monetary award.In consultation with SnowsportGreat Britain, sportscotland has offered £5,000 Athlete Supportto a Scottish snowboarder.
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3 October 2006
S2W-28603
Details of approved/rejectedapplications for wind farm developments under section 36 of the Electricity Act1989 over the last three years are set out in the following table:Section 36 Wind Farm Applications 2004 2005 2006 Approved 4 3 1 Rejected 0 0 1 There are 32 applicatio...
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Date answered:
4 September 2006
S2W-27736
To ask the Scottish Executive, with reference to the speech by Malcolm Chisholm MSP to Homes for Scotland on 19 May 2006, what mechanisms it is putting in place to monitor the full impact of PAN 74 and assess whether it is delivering an adequate land supply for affordable housing development. We are expanding the rangeof statistics that are collected by th...
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25 August 2006
S2W-27596
Current dedicatedScottish co-ordination arrangements are being led by the Chief Fire Officers AssociationScotland which will provide a dynamic link of all Scottish resources into the co-ordinationcentre at West Yorkshire.However, as detailed in the responseto the answer to S2W-27595 on 25 August 2006, the training and development of personnel across theUKis...
