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To ask the Scottish Executive what its policy is on the treatment of persons who are alleged to have committed further offences while on bail. The Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 provides power for the courts to impose a heavier sentence on persons convicted of an offence committed while on bail.
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Date answered:
25 January 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what meetings it has had with representatives of aggregates and quarrying interests in connection with the proposed aggregates tax and what representations it has made as a consequence of any such meetings to Her Majesty's Government about the potential impact of an aggregates tax in Scotland. No such meetings have taken place...
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Date answered:
17 January 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the burden of business rates falls disproportionately on smaller businesses in Scotland and, if so, what measures it is considering to tackle this issue.
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Date answered:
17 December 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive to provide detailed figures of agricultural accidents in Scotland over the last 10 years. Health and safety at work is a matter reserved to the UK Parliament and remains the responsibility of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions.
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Date answered:
28 September 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive to provide detailed figures of agricultural accidents in Scotland over the last 10 years. Health and safety at work is a matter reserved to the UK Parliament and remains the responsibility of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions.
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Date answered:
22 September 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will introduce legislation to ban fox-hunting with dogs in Scotland before, or subsequent to, the introduction of similar legislation for England and Wales by Her Majesty's Government.
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people on the housing waiting list of each local authority in Scotland: (a) are waiting for a transfer; (b) are homeless; (c) are waiting for elderly persons' accommodation; and (d) live in houses.