- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 8 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many times the (a) Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth and (b) Minister for Enterprise, Energy and Tourism met representatives of the Federation of Small Businesses Scotland prior to the Cabinet Secretary’s announcement on 26 September 2007 about the restructuring of Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise.
Answer
The Cabinet Secretaryfor Finance and Sustainable Growth did not meet with representatives from the Federationof Small Businesses Scotland times prior to the announcement of the reform of theenterprise networks. I met with them twice.
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 8 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many times the (a) Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth and (b) Minister for Enterprise, Energy and Tourism met representatives of COSLA prior to the Cabinet Secretary’s announcement on 26 September 2007 about the restructuring of Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise.
Answer
The Cabinet Secretaryfor Finance and Sustainable Growth met with representatives from COSLA seven timesprior to the announcement of the reform of the enterprise networks whilst I metwith them on three occasions. These meetings and discussions covered wider topicsthan just the issue of enterprise networks.
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 8 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many times the (a) Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth and (b) Minister for Enterprise, Energy and Tourism met representatives of the Scottish Chambers of Commerce prior to the Cabinet Secretary’s announcement on 26 September 2007 about the restructuring of Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise.
Answer
The Cabinet Secretaryfor Finance and Sustainable Growth did not meet with representatives from the ScottishChambers of Commerce prior to the announcement of the reform of the enterprisenetworks whilst I met with them on three occasions to discuss this issue.
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 8 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many times the (a) Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth and (b) Minister for Enterprise, Energy and Tourism met trade unions representing staff employed in the enterprise networks prior to the Cabinet Secretary’s announcement on 26 September 2007 about the restructuring of Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise.
Answer
The Cabinet Secretaryfor Finance and Sustainable Growth met with the STUC once prior to the announcementand I met with them twice.
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 8 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what decision-making and spending powers the new regional organisations for enterprise will have.
Answer
These will beoperational matters for the enterprise networks.
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 8 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive (a) how many and (b) which local authorities and local enterprise companies are currently in the process of co-locating.
Answer
This is an operationalmatter for Scottish Enterprise and Highlands & Islands Enterprise.
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 8 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many times the (a) Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth and (b) Minister for Enterprise, Energy and Tourism met representatives of CBI Scotland prior to the Cabinet Secretary’s announcement on 26 September 2007 about the restructuring of Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise.
Answer
The Cabinet Secretaryfor Finance and Sustainable Growth met with representatives from the CBI twice priorto the announcement of the reform of the enterprise networks whilst I met with themon three occasions.
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 05 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 8 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether public sector involvement in Katalyst Projects Ltd will be transferred from Scottish Enterprise Dumfries and Galloway to Dumfries and Galloway Council.
Answer
Work is underway byScottish Enterprise, in consultation with the Scottish Government, to restructureand to refocus its activities. Scottish Enterprise is working closely with its customers,partners and stakeholders, to ensure the delivery of day to day business. Decisionson the future delivery of individual projects will be determined in due course.
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 8 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether nationally allowable noise levels apply to industrial premises in close proximity to residential properties.
Answer
No. Regulation ofnoise from industrial premises is dependent on the size and type of industry. Noisefrom larger industrial plants is controlled through a permit system regulated bythe Scottish Environmental Protection Agency under the Pollution Prevention andControl (Scotland) Regulations 2000. Any noise issues arisingfrom smaller industrial plants could be pursued by the relevant local authorityunder the Environmental Protection Act 1990.
- Asked by: Elaine Murray, MSP for Dumfries, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 October 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Maureen Watt on 6 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what advice its officials gave to Dumfries and Galloway Council concerning reference to the Scottish Ministers of proposals agreed by Dumfries and Galloway Council’s Education and Community Services Committee on 6 November 2003 to close St Teresa’s Roman Catholic Primary School and St Andrew’s Roman Catholic Primary School and to merge the two schools.
Answer
In a July 2003response to a letter from Dumfries and Galloway Council the former ScottishExecutive set out, in general terms, the operation of the legislation on schoolclosures and the circumstances in which the consent of ministers is required.The response made clear that the Executive could not comment on the specificsituation of the two Roman Catholic schools in Dumfries which had prompted the council’s enquiry.
