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Her Majesty the Queen appoints Lords-Lieutenants in Scotland, as in England and Wales. When a Lord-Lieutenant retires, the Prime Minister consults the First Minister before giving advice to Her Majesty on the appointment of a replacement.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
14 August 2002
The Common Services Agency was asked to undertake a review of property options in Edinburgh and around Scotland. Ministers expect to consider these options shortly.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether Scotland has met the 50% target for the recovery and recycling of waste under the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 1997.
To ask the Scottish Executive how many installations of gas central heating systems Eaga Partnership (Scotland) has been responsible for under its central heating programme.
To ask the Scottish Executive how many junior doctors have been employed by the NHS in each NHS board area in each year since the publication of the New Deal for Junior Doctors in Scotland. The information requested is available from the Parliament's Reference Centre (Bib. number 20163).
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
11 March 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive when the Registrar General for Scotland plans to publish information from the April 2001 census in respect of the number of Gaelic speakers.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
22 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will detail the reasons for the decision by West of Scotland Water Authority to engage Stirling Water as contractor for the Katrine Water Project.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
19 February 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration the expert panel on school meals will give to the principles of the School Meals (Scotland) Bill. I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-20232 on 17 December 2001, which set out the remit of the expert panel.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
1 February 2002