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Any SSSIs which are also Natura 2000 sites receive additional protection to ensure that features of European interest are safeguarded.The Executive will consider what further protections may be desirable in the light of consultation responses to the policy statement The Nature of Scotland.
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S1W-15179 and S1W-15270 by Ross Finnie on 19 April 2001 and 8 May 2001 respectively, why it will not publish a list of the premises which have had stock slaughtered on the basis that they were contiguous with infected premises and whether it will now name the 661 farms in Dumfries and Gallo...
To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of the #5 million funding from Scottish Enterprise to Dumfries and Galloway announced on 10 May 2001 to assist with economic restructuring will be used to provide interest-free loans for local businesses affected by the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak and what conditions will apply to such loans.
The system is not yet fully developed and it may be several months before it is possible to provide details on the waiting times in each health board area.
To ask the Scottish Executive on what evidence the statement by the Deputy Minister for Environment and Rural Development during the Members' Business debate on Scottish Whisky (Water Framework Directive) on 2 May 2001 that "SEPA advises that over-abstraction by industry and agriculture causes environmental problems in some parts of Scotland at certain tim...
June 2000 Census (Main & Minor Holdings)December 2000 Census (Main Holdings Only)FMD Cull as at 8 May 2001Cattle2,027,9561,958,24387,019Sheep9,183,847*6,213,012634,225Pigs558,082515,739943 S1W-15564
The Commission was established to consider cases where it is alleged that a miscarriage of justice has occurred and to refer appropriate cases to the High Court for determination. Cases may be referred by the Commission whether the applicant is prison or has been released.Compensation will be paid in cases where a conviction is quashed as a result of a new ...
These figures exclude any livestock unfit to travel that would have been slaughtered on farm and do not allow for stock that may have been slaughtered south of the border.
To ask the Scottish Executive how many secure places for young offenders there were in each of the last three years, broken down by parliamentary region. Any child or young person may be placed in secure accommodation either following a children's hearing, or by a local authority chief social work officer, with the agreement of the person in charge of the ...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
10 April 2001
The Clinical Standards Board for Scotland will review local performance annually against these national standards.I expect the particular needs of those with a mental illness or any others who may perhaps be limited in their explanations or expression of preferences to be taken into account by staff as part of the whole person consideration that should appl...