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On 21 February, I agreed to the UK Government's order that implemented an earlier European Commission decision to prohibit temporarily the export from the United Kingdom of live animals, meat, fresh milk and other animal products.
Does the First Minister share the concerns that many people in Scotland have expressed that the draft bill poses a serious threat to regional broadcasting in Scotland because it will open the door to faceless multinational companies and allow them to take over the independent television network? Is the First Minister aware that the other devolved Administra...
Closed-circuit Television To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to continue to provide funding to local authorities so that they can install CCTV systems within communities suffering from high levels of crime.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
14 April 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there is any policy stating that the police are not obliged to investigate criminal investigations made in a televised documentary. No. S2W-15511
The procedure should be that the minister launches the document, gets his stuff on the television—which is what the TV companies want—and then a day or two later, when we have read the document, we can have an intelligent debate about it.
To ask the Scottish Executive what contact it has had with Rangers and Celtic football clubs following the breakdown of the SPL-TV broadcasting talks. None on that issue.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to establish a forum for dialogue with the film and television industry. Scottish Screen already fulfils this role.
We have received representations from a number of organisations, such as the National Union of Journalists, about what is happening in the print media, in Scottish television from the Scottish Media Group and on the broad issue of the future of the media industry in Scotland.
The First Minister is prepared to answer questions on this issue on the BBC, on Scottish Television and in the Daily Record and he is prepared to send the information to his constituency secretary, but he will not share it with the Parliament in a personal statement.