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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

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Question reference: S2W-04436

Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 November 2003
Current Status: Answered by Colin Boyd on 15 December 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-3508 by Colin Boyd QC on 14 November 2003, how many cases have been examined since 14 May 2001 and how many marks have been identified and how many of these contained impressions that have been verified by independent fingerprint evidence.

Question reference: S2W-04328

Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 21 November 2003
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 15 December 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has made in respect of Her Majesty's Government's draft Nuclear Sites and Radioactive Substances Bill.

The Scottish Executive is in regular contact with the UK Government on a wide range of issues, including the implications for devolved matters in Scotland ofits legislative programme. This contact reflects the approach, set out inDevolution Guidance Note 1 in accordance with the principles set out in the memorandum of understanding, that the administrations normally consult each other from an early stage on the development of relevant legislative proposals.

It should be noted, in connection with this question and question S2W-4368, that a single Energy Bill is proposed rather than separate Bills on Nuclear Sites and Radioactive Substances and Electricity (Trading and Transmission).

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/search_wa.

Question reference: S2W-04323

Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 21 November 2003
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 15 December 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has made in respect of Her Majesty's Government's draft Gambling Bill.

The Scottish Executive is in regular contact with the UK Government on a wide range of issues,including the implications for devolved matters in Scotland ofits legislative programme. This contact reflects the approach, set out inDevolution Guidance Note 1 in accordance with the principles set out in the memorandumof understanding, that the administrations normally consult each other from anearly stage on the development of relevant legislative proposals.

Question reference: S2W-04321

Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 21 November 2003
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 15 December 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has made in respect of Her Majesty's Government's draft Civil Contingencies Bill.

The Scottish Executive is in regular contact with the UK Government on a wide range of issues,including the implications for devolved matters in Scotland ofits legislative programme. This contact reflects the approach, set out inDevolution Guidance Note 1 in accordance with the principles set out in the memorandumof understanding, that the administrations normally consult each other from anearly stage on the development of relevant legislative proposals.

Question reference: S2W-04311

Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 21 November 2003
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 15 December 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has made to Her Majesty's Government in respect of its proposals to introduce top-up fees for university students.

Question reference: S2W-04369

Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 24 November 2003
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 15 December 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has made in respect of Her Majesty's Government's draft Corruption Bill.

The Scottish Executive is in regular contact with the UK Government on a wide range of issues,including the implications for devolved matters in Scotland ofits legislative programme. This contact reflects the approach, set out inDevolution Guidance Note 1 in accordance with the principles set out in theMemorandum of Understanding, that the administrations normally consult eachother from an early stage on the development of relevant legislative proposals.

Question reference: S2W-04368

Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 24 November 2003
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 15 December 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it has made in respect of Her Majesty's Government's draft Electricity (Trading and Transmission) Bill.

The Scottish Executive is in regular contact with the UK Government on a wide range of issues, including the implications for devolved matters in Scotland ofits legislative programme. This contact reflects the approach, set out inDevolution Guidance Note 1 in accordance with the principles set out in theMemorandum of Understanding, that the administrations normally consult eachother from an early stage on the development of relevant legislative proposals.

It should be noted, in connection with this question and question S2W-4328 answered on 15 December 2003, that a single energy bill is proposed rather than separate bills on nuclear sites and radioactive substances and electricity (trading and transmission).

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/search_wa.

Question reference: S2W-04622

Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 December 2003
Current Status: Answered by Colin Boyd on 15 December 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-3509 by Colin Boyd QC on 14 November 2003, what the justification is of the Lord Advocate's satisfaction with the Scottish Criminal Record Office (SCRO) Scottish Fingerprinting Service and its adoption of an appropriate quality assurance management system when, in the recent case of Mark Sinclair at the High Court in Ayr, the SCRO fingerprint evidence that was to have been presented to the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service was not presented.

Question reference: S2W-04603

Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 December 2003
Current Status: Answered by Colin Boyd on 15 December 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive when it announced that it was no longer seeking independent external checks of fingerprint evidence provided by the Scottish Criminal Record Office (SCRO); who was involved in the decision, and what criteria were taken into account.

I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-16832. All answers to written parliamentaryquestions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility forwhich can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/search_wa.

I took the decision todiscontinue independent verification of SCRO fingerprint evidence based on anassessment of the results of that independent verification process.

Question reference: S2W-04623

Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 December 2003
Current Status: Answered by Colin Boyd on 15 December 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-3454 by Colin Boyd QC on 12 November 2003, whether it will now record incidents when Scottish Criminal Record Office (SCRO) fingerprint evidence is challenged and record, and publish, the number of cases where SCRO fingerprinting evidence has not been used by the Crown Office or Procurator Fiscal Service because of any unreliability.