- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 September 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 13 September 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to organise a summit of gas and electricity suppliers to examine ways in which low income households are disproportionately disadvantaged or forced into voluntary disconnection as the result of additional tariffs on prepayment meters and record rises in energy bills.
Answer
I will meet over the next fewweeks with representatives from each of the main energy suppliers in Scotland to discussmeasures they are taking to protect vulnerable customers from the effects of risesin energy costs. I intend to include the issue of pre-payment meters in these discussions.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 September 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 13 September 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has made any representations about the provision of additional assistance to low income consumers, in light of research by energywatch which indicates that higher tariffs charged on gas and electricity prepayment meters disproportionately disadvantage low-income households.
Answer
Energy pricing and regulationof energy supply companies are matters reserved to Westminster.Nevertheless I will meet over the next few weeks with representatives from the mainenergy suppliers in Scotland to discuss the measures they are taking to protect vulnerable,low-income customers.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 September 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 13 September 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has about the number of voluntary disconnections which are estimated to take place among low income households this winter due to a combination of energy price rises and the additional tariff on prepayment meters operated by energy companies.
Answer
We do not have this information.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 August 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 12 September 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what role Scottish Enterprise is playing with regard to Edinburgh Crystal.
Answer
As part of the Partnership for Action on Continuing Employment (PACE)team, Scottish Enterprise Edinburgh and Lothianwill contribute to action to ensure thatif employees are affected by the situation, they receive the necessary support.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 August 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicol Stephen on 12 September 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive why it has not sent in a task force to assist Edinburgh Crystal in continuing in production in response to my request to the Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning.
Answer
It will be for theadministrator to decide on the future of the business. I understand that the companycontinues to trade and that the aim is to sell it as a going concern.
The Partnership for Action onContinuing Employment (PACE) team is monitoring the situation closely to ensurethat if employees are affected, they will receive the necessary support.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 21 August 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 11 September 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what research has been carried out in the last five years into the prevalence of anthrax among wild mammals.
Answer
Anthrax is a rare disease inthe UK. Experience of dealing with anthrax in domestic animals over many decadesby the State Veterinary Service has not led to suspicion of anthrax in the wildanimal population to date.
No research to determine theprevalence amongst wild animals has been conducted by the Executive.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 August 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 11 September 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive who the experts on the panel were that Health Protection Scotland consulted in respect of the incident of, and subsequent death from, anthrax in the Scottish Borders in July 2006.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-27842 on 11 September 2006. All answers to writtenparliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facilityfor which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 August 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 11 September 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive on what date ministers were first notified that a death from anthrax had taken place in the Scottish Borders.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S2W-27842 on 11 September 2006. All answers to writtenparliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facilityfor which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 24 August 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Andy Kerr on 11 September 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive on what date the sample which subsequently confirmed that a man from the Scottish Borders had died from anthrax was tested.
Answer
I refer the member to the answerto question S2W-27842 on 11 September 2006. All answers to written parliamentary questions are availableon the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 17 August 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 11 September 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-27465 by Mr Tom McCabe on 14 August 2006, whether it will list the names of those individuals with a known or declared membership of the Labour or Liberal Democrat parties appointed by Scottish ministers to (a) NDPB and (b) NHS boards.
Answer
The Executive’s public appointmentswebsite details the declared political activity of current appointees, includingthe name of the party for which the activity was undertaken. This information canbe found at:
http://194.247.95.101/Topics/Government/public-bodies/directory/Q/apptlist/true.The Executive does not retainhistorical data in relation to the political activity declarations of named individualswho are no longer appointees.
