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Scottish ministers have powers to issue all relevant consents and licences for off-shore wind farms proposed in waters adjacent to Scotland. Officials have had discussions with Natural Power on the scope of an Environmental Impact Assessment for their proposal to build a 60MW wind farm in the Solway Firth at Robin Rigg.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will make representations to the Department of Trade and Industry to extend the EU Working Time Directive to protect public sector workers in Scotland from working more than seven consecutive days.
Standard 5 of the Clinical Standards Boards for Scotland (CSBS) Infection Control Standards requires trusts to produce annual infection control programmes.
Orders in Council under section 30 of the Scotland Act must be laid in draft before, and approved by resolution of, the Scottish Parliament and each House of Parliament at Westminster before a recommendation to make the order can be made to Her Majesty in Council.
To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made of the possible impact on Scotland's regional economies of Celtic and Rangers football clubs' attitude to Scottish football in the light of the breakdown of the SPL-TV broadcasting talks.
Figures for the in-patient/day case waiting list on 31 March 2002, by NHS board and trust, will be published by ISD Scotland on its NHSScotland Acute Activity, Waiting Times And Waiting Lists website on 30 May 2002.
Evidence from pilot schemes in the west of Scotland has shown that the group lending model is suitable for women, and women are expected to be the main beneficiaries of the extended scheme.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
17 April 2002
Decisions on these issues will to some extent also depend on the work currently in progress on configuration of neurosurgical services across Scotland. S1W-24394