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To ask the Scottish Executive when the Scottish Food Advisory Committee will discuss the contamination of US rice with unauthorised LL601 rice and its relevance to Scotland. I am informed by the Food StandardsAgency that the Scottish Food Advisory Committee is aware of agency actions in thismatter which are subject to proceedings for Judicial Review.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
15 November 2006
The current system of improvementand repair grants will be modified by the implementation of the Housing (Scotland) Act2006. The process of implementation will include a review of the test for determiningthe amount of grant where a grant is given.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
22 September 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether Scotland will be able to set its own single farm payment modulation rate within the Scottish Rural Development Plan.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
11 September 2006
There were 66,663 people living in Scotland whoworked in the Dundee City council area (excluding working students), 19,306 (29%) of whom lived outside Dundee City.
In terms of section 4(2)(e)of the Land Registration (Scotland) Act 1979,payment of the appropriate statutory fee must be tendered with all applicationsfor registration, including applications for first registration of title.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether oxygen cylinders of a capacity smaller than 460 litres can be provided on prescription in Scotland. Portable oxygen has been availableon prescription since 1 April 2004.The preferred cylinders for thesupply of portable oxygen at present on the Scottish Drug Tariff are 300 litresPD and 430 litres B2i cylinders.
The most recent study carried out, in March of this year, showedthat 95% of stakeholders agreed that the work of VisitScotland makes a positiveimpact on the economic development of Scotland. S2O-10018
To ask the Scottish Executive how the methods that are in place to measure the effectiveness of the performance of Scottish Enterprise and local enterprise companies compare with performance measures used elsewhere. A recent Audit Scotland reportexamined performance measurement in Scottish Enterprise and as part of this comparedmethods with those of simila...