- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 13 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that national park authority boards should have increased engagement with local people.
Answer
Both National Park Authorities give a high priority to engagement with their local communities. For instance, the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park Authority has a programme of community action planning, Community Futures, which has helped to encourage 18 communities to prepare community-based plans. The Cairngorms National Park Authority has supported One Community “ a Way Forward to ensure local communities have their voice heard when important decisions are taken.
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 13 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is considering changing the method of appointing the convener and deputy convener of the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park Authority Board.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-22970 on 13 May 2009. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 13 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will propose that the conclusions of the National Parks Review Report, published in November 2008, be the subject of a debate in the Parliament.
Answer
I would be willing to consider this subject and find a suitable slot in the parliamentary programme.
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 13 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the conclusions in the National Parks Review Report, published in November 2008, will be subject to wider consultation.
Answer
Public consultation on the conclusions in the National Parks Review Report commenced at the same time as the publication of the report. The consultation findings will be published later this summer.
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 13 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will examine how the national park authority boards can improve the way that they share effort, experience and best practice.
Answer
The National Park Authorities participate in the Scottish Environment And Rural Services (SEARS) initiative which involves practical co-operation of this kind with other SEARS partner bodies. In addition, the national park authorities co-operate and share experience on a range of national park matters.
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 13 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to hold a meeting with organisations from the demolition industry in order to increase awareness of the safe disposal of demolition waste such as plastic foam insulation containing ozone depleting substances (ODS) from steel-clad buildings.
Answer
A Scottish Government official will attend a meeting in the summer with the UK Government and representatives of the building and demolition industries from across the UK.
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 09 April 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 13 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that a meeting with organisations from the demolition industry would be beneficial in raising awareness of the safe disposal of plastic foam insulation containing ozone depleting substances (ODS) from steel-clad buildings and, if so, which organisations would be invited and what the terms of reference would be.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-22922 on 13 May 2009. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 01 May 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 12 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive, if the Conservation of Seals Act (1970) is repealed under the provisions of the Marine (Scotland) Bill, whether the National Environment Research Council will still have a statutory responsibility to provide information on the number and distribution of seals in the waters around Scotland.
Answer
The proposals in the Marine (Scotland) Bill do not remove the current statutory responsibility of the Natural Environment Research Council to provide scientific advice on matters related to the management of seal populations.
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 01 May 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 12 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends that seal licences, as introduced in the Marine (Scotland) Bill, should not be issued during the breeding season of common and grey seals.
Answer
As the accompanying documentation for the Marine (Scotland) Bill explains, the detailed arrangements for implementing the proposals in the Bill will be developed in consultation with interested parties and will be the subject of further research. Existing guidance on welfare standards developed by my officials with stakeholders through the Seals Forum and the Moray Firth Seal Management Plan will be of assistance in designing the new system and a firearms licence from the police authorities will continue to be required.
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 01 May 2009
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 12 May 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the conditions imposed by a seal licence, alluded to in section 100(2) of the Marine (Scotland) Bill, will include a prohibition on the shooting of seals from boats or other unstable platforms.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-23458 on 12 May 2009. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
