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I willbe writing to the convener of the Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change committeeshortly, providing information from the feasibility study commissioned by the previousminister, Tavish Scott MSP following his letter of 30 October 2006 to the convenerof the Airdrie to Bathgate Private Bill Committee.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
23 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans or proposals to extend eligibility for the bus and ferry concessionary travel scheme and whether it has received representations from MSPs or organisations about extending eligibility.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the comments by the Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change on 7 June 2007 in his response to Patrick Harvie MSP (Official Report c. 458) referred specifically to the M74 and the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route.
The code of conduct is clear that the Presiding Officer—your good self—is responsible for the behaviour of MSPs in the chamber regardless of whether they are ministers.
I suspect that, as well as being available in local bookshops, it is probably available in an MSP’s office near you, thanks to the Book Trust, which provided copies to us for distribution.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
22 November 2010
In April 2009, the then Minister for Culture, External Affairs and the Constitution, Michael Russell MSP, visited Canada where he met with the Mayor of Toronto, Ontario''s Minister for Culture and various officials.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
16 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the Supported Employment Workplaces debate on 7 October 2010 (Official Report c. 29383), whether it will provide details of correspondence between it, the City of Edinburgh Council and MSPs regarding the proposed closure of Blindcraft in Edinburgh.
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what action is being taken to protect MSPs and staff in their constituency offices and at surgeries in local communities.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
16 April 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will invite (a) representatives of local communities, (b) local councillors, (c) representatives of community councils and (d) constituency and regional MSPs to any future meetings of the stakeholder group looking at the proposed plans for the Inverness bypass.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
30 September 2008
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body how members can have faith in advice tendered by parliamentary officials, as stated by the Presiding Officer on 22 August 2008 in his letter to Jackie Baillie MSP, if the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body is simultaneously funding senior counsels’ opinions disputing that advice.