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3 January 2001
S1W-11889
Future priorities for the provision of advice to the agricultural sector are being considered as part of the development of a Forward Strategy for Scottish Agriculture.
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18 December 2000
S1W-11723
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-11236 by Mr Sam Galbraith on 29 November 2000, whether it assesses flood prevention needs on a strategic basis or responds to bids by individual councils and, if the former, how this is done. In order to review and develop its flood prevention policy and to assess the resources required t...
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7 December 2000
S1W-11499
Selection from the pool of nominations will be undertaken by the board's staff in accordance with selection criteria the board has determined. The board is also working to develop more open procedures to enable as many people as possible to put themselves forward.The lay members of review groups are full members and their views will have exactly the same we...
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13 September 2000
S1W-09420
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any policy has been developed across all police forces for addressing racist attacks and abuse aimed at the growing refugee population.
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11 September 2000
S1W-09287
Since the Bill has not completed its passage through Parliament at Westminster, the Scottish Ministers are not yet able to exercise these powers.We will, however, shortly be consulting on strategic priorities for Scotland's railways as part of the process of developing directions and guidance to the SRA.
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25 August 2000
S1W-08241
This and last year's consultation exercise should help raise awareness in the public sector and beyond of the forthcoming Scottish freedom of information legislation.Detailed preparation of the public sector for implementation of freedom of information needs to be associated with the development of the legislation. Accordingly, the Executive is progressing ...
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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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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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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.
