- Asked by: Maureen Watt, MSP for Aberdeen South and North Kincardine, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 August 2011
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 8 September 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of its international development spending in Malawi, what discussions it has had it with the UK Government regarding aid funding for projects in that country.
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Taken in the Chamber on 8 September 2011
- Asked by: Maureen Watt, MSP for Aberdeen South and North Kincardine, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 June 2011
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 23 June 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on the time taken by the UK Government in appointing a supermarkets ombudsman.
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Taken in the Chamber on 23 June 2011
- Asked by: Maureen Watt, MSP for Aberdeen South and North Kincardine, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 13 June 2011
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 16 June 2011
To ask the First Minister what action the Scottish Government is taking to support the oil and gas industries.
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Taken in the Chamber on 16 June 2011
- Asked by: Maureen Watt, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 March 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 17 March 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive when the land use strategy will be laid before the Parliament.
Answer
Scotland''s first land use strategy was laid before Parliament today, setting a bold new agenda for sustainable land use. The accompanying Consultation Report details how the strategy benefited from stakeholder input and detailed consideration by the Rural Affairs and Environment Committee.
- Asked by: Maureen Watt, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 10 January 2011
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Current Status:
Answered by Keith Brown on 20 January 2011
To ask the Scottish Executive at what number of daily crossings by pedestrians on trunk roads with a 60 mph speed limit Transport Scotland considers introducing road safety interventions.
Answer
There are no set criteria for the number of daily crossings by pedestrians on trunk roads with a 60 mph speed limit related to introducing road safety interventions.
Safer road design, improved speed management, continued maintenance and a better provision for vulnerable road users are amongst the steps being taken to reduce numbers of injuries and fatalities on Scotland''s roads. Transport Scotland assesses the safety performance of the trunk road network on an annual basis by screening all locations where three or more injury accidents have occurred in a three year period and this includes pedestrian injury accidents. Further investigations are carried out and where appropriate, mitigation measures are installed.
- Asked by: Maureen Watt, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 December 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 13 December 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will include support for more integrated production systems such as community assisted farming and care farming when designing measures to be included in the top up fund recommended in The Road Ahead For Scotland: Final Report of the Inquiry Into Future Support For Agriculture In Scotland.
Answer
Support is available through the Scotland Rural Development Programme (SRDP) for farmers wishing to set up a care farming operation. The Scottish Government has announced that an expert group will be set up through the Future CAP (Common Agricultural Policy) Stakeholder Group to take forward work on the inquiry''s recommendation of a Top-Up Fund (TUF). The current CAP Regulation does not allow for a TUF. We would therefore need to negotiate to ensure Scotland can develop a TUF when the future CAP post‘2013 legislation is being discussed in Europe.
- Asked by: Maureen Watt, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 December 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Richard Lochhead on 13 December 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to make revenue funding from any future rounds of the Climate Challenge Fund or a similar replacement available to groups that have temporary or short term leases.
Answer
There is no specific exclusion for projects that involve temporary or short-term leases in the application criteria for the Climate Challenge Fund. It will be important if a community is applying for funding that they demonstrate how they will achieve both significant carbon emissions reduction and a positive legacy for the community.
- Asked by: Maureen Watt, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 27 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many NHS dentists there were in each NHS board in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2009-10.
Answer
Data showing the number of NHS general, community and hospital dentists by NHS board at 30 September is available at:
http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/servlet/FileBuffer?namedFile=Dentists%202009a.xls&pContentDispositionType=attachment.
Data showing the number of NHS general dentists by NHS board at 31 March is available at:
http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/servlet/FileBuffer?namedFile=GDS_Dentists_Only_Mar2010.xls&pContentDispositionType=attachment.
- Asked by: Maureen Watt, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 23 September 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 23 September 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that the current GP out-of-hours service offers value-for-money for the taxpayer and best meets the needs of the patient.
Answer
NHS boards have the primary responsibility for procuring a safe and sustainable delivery of out-of-hours services for their area and are expected to do so in a way that meets the needs of the communities they support in as cost effective a way as possible.
- Asked by: Maureen Watt, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 25 February 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 25 February 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive when it last met senior members of Grampian Police.
Answer
I met Assistant Chief Constable Derek Penman during a visit to Aberdeen on Wednesday 17 February 2010.
Whilst in Aberdeen I launched a new youth justice initiative and visited Aberdeen Prison.