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To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has responded to the call from the Scottish Council for Development and Industry for an independent commission to review and report on the potential impact of financial independence for Scotland. The Executive sees no need to commission an independent study of the potential impacts of financial independence.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether all students will be able to learn the instrument of their choice when they undertake the 12 months' free music tuition by primary 6, referred to in A Partnership for A Better Scotland. Local authorities are responsible for the range of music tuition opportunities they plan to make available to pupils.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the budget allocated by the Department of Trade and Industry to COI Communications to publicise and facilitate the United Kingdom's public debate on genetic modification is adequate to sample opinion in Scotland. I refer the member to the answer given to question S2W-822 on 25 June 2003.
Grant assistance of £8.075 million has been awarded to Fife Council for capital costs incurred in increasing capacity at Ferrytoll, as set out in South East Scotland Transport Partnership's (SESTRAN) bid in August 2002 to the Scottish Executive's Public Transport Fund.
The major programme of service redesign that is being driven forward across Scotland has the potential to allow NHS boards to support further development of specialist nurse roles in the context of delivering improvements to patient care.
The report by Analysys for the Executive entitled Research on broadband in Scotland contains information from a wide range of companies and organisations, which was provided on a commercial in confidence basis.
However, in 2001, in response to the decline in the capercaillie population to fewer than 1,000 birds in Scotland, capercaillie, were given additional protection by listing the species in Schedule 1 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
26 March 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive which indicators in Indicators of Sustainable Development for Scotland will address access to local green space and the wider countryside.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
17 March 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) reports have been made to and (b) proceedings have been taken by procurators fiscal for offences under section 27(1) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 and how many convictions were obtained in each year since 1997.
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Date answered:
17 March 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it has allocated to BEAR Scotland Ltd for road improvements in the Moray Council area in (a) 2002-03 and (b) 2003-04.