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The current provisions of the Transport (Scotland) Bill would enable Scottish Ministers to require local authorities to make concessionary travel schemes covering inter alia "eligible persons", who are further defined as persons of pensionable age or who suffer from a disability.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
11 October 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what priority it gives to the teaching of swimming in primary schools and whether it has any plans to introduce a national programme of teaching primary children to swim. In Scotland the curriculum is not prescribed by statute and it is for local authorities and schools to decide on the allocation of resources for particular a...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
21 September 2000
HM Customs and Excise have sought to give assurances that a reduction in the number of Collection and Co-ordination Units would have no affect on the ability of HM Customs and Excise to mount anti-drugs operations in Scotland. S1W-09511
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
15 September 2000
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) is a statutory consultee of the local planning authority under the terms of the Environment Impact Assessment (Scotland) Regulations 1999. In that context, SEPA acts independently.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
15 September 2000
We have estimated that, if planting continues at its current level, trees and forests in Scotland will absorb about 400,000 tonnes of carbon each year.
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Date answered:
22 August 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how many heavy goods vehicles entered Scotland through the ports of Stranraer and Cairnryan in each of the last five years.
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Date answered:
22 August 2000
The Ministerial Group on Sustainable Scotland has already taken significant steps to ensure that sustainable development is embedded in Government and these will take effect over coming months.
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Date answered:
10 August 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to investigate claims reported in Scotland on Sunday on 16 July 2000 by the former head of the Cardiac Transplantation Unit at Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Mr Nalk, about anaesthetists.