- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 4 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what the availability is of thrombophilia screening for individuals considered to be at high risk.
Answer
We have accepted the advice of the UK National Screening Committee (NSC) that there is no evidence to support screening for thrombophilia in asymptomatic women prior to prescription of oral contraception or hormone replacement therapy (HRT). The NSC goes on to recommend that a woman with a personal history of venous thrombosis should be advised to avoid oral contraception and HRT if acceptable alternatives are available, and should be counselled regarding the level of risk faced.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 4 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it believes that there has been any breach of the Race Relations Act 1976 in connection with any of the comments removed from the National Conversation website.
Answer
Comments removed by the moderator as a result of the ongoing review of the site are removed because they are considered to breach any part of the moderating criteria set out in the answer to S3W-11333 on 23 April 2008. 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/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 4 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the criteria adopted for moderating the National Conversation website take into account the provisions of the Race Relations Act 1976.
Answer
The Scottish Government definition, used in the application of the moderating criteria, that racism “can be indirect, direct or institutional, and that racism is unacceptable in any context no matter who it is perpetrated by or against”, is consistent with the Race Relations Act 1976 as amended in 2000.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 4 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive which organisations attended the First Minister’s National Conversation event in Brussels on 23 April 2008.
Answer
A list of the organisations represented at the National Conversation event in Brussels on 23 April 2008 is provided below:
| European Commission |
| European Parliament |
| Council of the EU |
| Committee of the Regions |
| Flemish Permanent Representative to the EU |
| Belgian National Committee for SMEs |
| Delegation du pays basque |
| NASC (West Ireland Liaison Office) |
| Flemish Permanent Representation to the EU |
| Catalonia representation to the EU |
| North Westphalia Representation to the EU |
| Flemish Department for Foreign Affairs |
| British Council Brussels |
| Scotland Europa |
| Highlands and Islands Enterprise |
| Scottish Government |
| Scottish Parliament |
| Welsh Assembly Government |
| Northern Ireland Executive |
| Law societies Joint Brussels office |
| Sun Microsystem |
| European Policy Centre |
| Callanish Health |
| Cabinet Stewart |
| Hill & Knowlton |
| Chaps Law |
| White & Case |
| The Times |
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 4 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive which MEPs attended the First Minister’s National Conversation event in Brussels on 23 April 2008.
Answer
Ian Hudghton MEP attended the event personally, and several other MEPs were represented by their assistants.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 4 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing confirmed the authenticity of “Spiderman’s” contribution to the National Conversation in advance of quoting his comments.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-7812 on 10 January 2008. 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/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 4 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what legal advice it has sought in relation to the prospective publication of racist comments on the National Conversation website.
Answer
It is the practice of successive governments, reflected in the Scottish Ministerial Code and the provisions of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, that the fact and content of legal advice is not revealed.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 4 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive why, in the context of the National Conversation website, the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing considers “Spiderman” to be a reliable source of advice in relation to Scotland’s constitutional future.
Answer
Contributors to the National Conversation website may submit comments under any name, as long they do so in line with the criteria used for the moderation of the site.
The National Conversation is an open and inclusive debate, where all contributions posted according to the moderating criteria are welcome and valid.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 4 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost was of temporary and agency staff in the Scottish Ambulance Service for 2007-08 and what it is for 2008-09.
Answer
The Scottish Ambulance Service has advised that the final budget for temporary and agency staff in 2007-08 was £96,800. The current planned budget for 2008-09 is £85,500 though this figure is subject to revision over the course of the year.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 May 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 4 June 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-11294 by Nicola Sturgeon on 23 April 2008, whether it will publish the 41 pre-moderated comments removed after publication on the website.
Answer
The Scottish Government currently has no plans to publish the 41 comments removed after publication on the website. The comments were removed following reconsideration against the criteria used to moderate the site. It would therefore be inappropriate for the Scottish Government to publish elsewhere comments which were deemed not to meet the standards for the site.
