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To ask the Scottish Executive what information was provided to the Lord Advocate about the cause of the crash of a Chinook helicopter in Wilmington, USA, and related litigation, given his responsibility for the fatal accident inquiry into the crash of the Chinook ZD576 in the Mull of Kintyre in June 1994.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
17 April 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how much was spent by the Scottish Tourist Board and visitscotland in marketing Scotland in (a) the USA, (b) Canada, (c) Germany, (d) Italy, (e) France, (f) the Netherlands and (g) Belgium, in each year since 1995.
The union that I represent has not had the opportunity to consider the changes to the right to buy. However, in October, our Scottish conference firmly expressed concerns about the extension of the right to buy.
To ask the Scottish Executive what mechanisms are in place to monitor the success of the new Scottish Executive appointee to the British Embassy in Washington DC announced on 26 July 2001 and what plans there are to provide additional resources and staffing devoted to enhancing Scotland's profile in the USA. I refer the member to the answer given to questi...
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has prepared any contingency plans to deal with the possibility of the USA imposing tariffs on Scottish goods as a result of the US Carousel Act of May 2000.
Some of those tax rises are already with us: VAT is now at 20 per cent; tax on home insurance is at 6 per cent; and—even more bizarre—anyone sensible enough to buy insurance for their gas central heating will have found that that particular tax has increased to 20 per cent.