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To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will undertake a comprehensive review of services for the visually impaired in Scotland. Visually impaired people use a wide range of health, social and voluntary sector services.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
26 April 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the new Food Standards Agency will have a role in monitoring malnutrition. The Food Standards Agency Scotland will share responsibility with the Scottish Executive Health Department for ongoing surveillance of the nutritional status of the population.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
18 April 2000
Discussions have taken place in the Tripartite Working Group which comprises officials from the Scottish Executive, the Law Society of Scotland and the Scottish Legal Aid Board on the question of an increase in legal aid fees.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
14 April 2000
The changes brought about by the Public Finance and Accountability (Scotland) Act 2000 have delayed this process, but the Scottish Executive expects to have agreed performance indicators with the Accounts Commission by autumn 2000.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
13 April 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has made to Her Majesty's Government regarding the possible imposition of a tax on aviation fuel and any effects such a tax might have on the accessibility of the Highlands and Islands and Scotland as a whole. The Scottish Executive has made no representations to the UK Government on the possible imposi...
The debates on the proposal to repeal section 2A as part of our consideration of the Ethical Standards Bill will be informed by a wide range of views, comments and representations from people throughout Scotland. It then falls to members of this Parliament to take the decision.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
27 March 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to establish a transport authority, similar to that being considered for the Highlands and Islands, for any part of the South of Scotland. The Executive has no such plans.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
23 March 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether visitors to Scotland will be able to reserve accommodation through project Ossian by June 2000 given that the tourist industry, by 1 March 2000, had not provided bedroom allocations to project Ossian.
My officials have been in regular contact with Enterprise Ayrshire and Locate in Scotland in an attempt to secure a continuing engineering operation on the Irvine site and will continue to meet with local interests regarding the future of the site.
The Executive is not aware of any condensate effluent from rendering plants elsewhere in the UK being transported to Scotland for disposal. Enforcement of the relevant statutory controls is a matter for the appropriate local authority.