- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 16 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Colin Boyd on 30 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-21768 by Colin Boyd QC on 13 January 2006, whether it would consider any flight which was found to be involved in the process of “extraordinary rendition” as a civil aircraft.
Answer
The question whether an aircraft is a civil aircraft will depend on the application of domestic and, so far as relevant, international law to the particular facts. The Chicago Convention of 1944 on International Civil Aviation applies only to civil and not to state aircraft, which are described as aircraft used in military, customs and police services. Section 92 of the Civil Aviation Act 1982 defines “military aircraft” as an aircraft of the naval, military or air forces of any country, or any other aircraft in respect of which there is in force a certificate issued by the Secretary of State in accordance with any Order in Council in force under the act that the aircraft is to be treated for the purposes of that Order in Council as a military aircraft. Civil aviation is a reserved matter.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 19 January 2006
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Answered by Colin Boyd on 27 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been killed in accidents in the construction industry in each of the last five years and in how many of these accidents the ensuing safety investigation has led to criminal proceedings.
Answer
The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service does not hold the information requested. Information about the number of people killed in accidents in the construction industry can, however, be obtained from the Health and Safety Executive (
www.hse.gov.uk).
Charges relating to deaths in the construction industry cannot be identified separately on the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service’s Case Management Database from other health and safety charges relating to workers in any other industry.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 27 January 2006
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Current Status:
Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-21863 by Cathy Jamieson on 20 January 2006, why this answer, which was given directly by the Minister for Justice, is in the same terms as the answer to question S2W-21858, which was answered on 20 January 2006 by the Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service on the minister’s behalf.
Answer
Awaiting answer
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 12 December 2005
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 27 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-20860 by Cathy Jamieson on 29 November 2005, whether the only way in which the Scottish Prison Service measures whether staff turnover adversely affects the performance of its services is by comparing the level of staff turnover to the UK average and by meeting performance targets set out by ministers.
Answer
I have asked Tony Cameron, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service to respond. His response is as follows:
Yes.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 26 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-21644 by Patricia Ferguson on 12 January 2006, how this indicates whether it has ruled out undertaking an independent and detailed assessment of the costs and benefits to Scotland of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Answer
The Scottish Executive has not ruled out the possibility of undertaking an independent and detailed assessment of the costs and benefits to Scotland of the London 2012 Olympic Games.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 26 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-21640 by Patricia Ferguson on 12 January 2006 which refers to the “benefits to a nation from hosting the Olympic Games” as being “well established”, how this relates to the Executive’s responsibility to represent the national interest of Scotland, given that no future Olympic Games assigned a host city is within Scotland.
Answer
The Scottish Executive believes that the London Olympic Games are in the national interest of both the UK and Scotland and will work hard to ensure Scotland’s interests are taken into account in the planning for the 2012 games.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 26 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive who appointed Julia Bracewell as the Scottish representative on the Nations and Regions Group for the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Answer
I appointed Julia Bracewell as the Scottish representative on the Nations and Regions Group for the London 2012 Olympic Games.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 26 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-21642 by Patricia Ferguson on 13 January 2006, whether this indicates that it has been given no indication that the decision of the Scottish Football Association not to participate in a British football team will lead to the withdrawal of Hampden Park as a venue for the 2012 Olympic Games.
Answer
The decision not to participate in a British football team is a matter for the SFA and the other home country football associations.
The Scottish Executive has been informed by LOCOG that there is no change to the football venues outlined in the 2012 Candidate File which was submitted to the International Olympic Committee in November 2004.
- Asked by: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 26 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-21640 by Patricia Ferguson on 12 January 2006, to which nation the answer refers.
Answer
The answer refers to the United Kingdom. The Scottish Executive also believes Scotland will benefit from London 2012 for the reasons given in answers to S2W-21640 on 12 January 2006, S2W-17564 on18 July 2005, and S2W-17561 on 18 July 2005.
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: Alex Neil, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 January 2006
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Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 26 January 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-21876 by Patricia Ferguson on 12 January 2006, how the Scottish Steering Group for London 2012 relates to the Nations and Regions Group.
Answer
The Nations and Regions Group is a UK level group which has been established to ensure that the London Olympic Games provide benefits to all nations and regions within the UK. Each nation and region represented on the Nations and Regions Group has been asked to form its own committee to consider how that particular nation or region will contribute to and benefit from London 2012. The Scottish Steering Group for London 2012 is the relevant committee for Scotland. Julia Bracewell, chair of sportscotland, chairs the Scottish Steering Group for London 2012 and is Scotland’s representative on the Nations and Regions Group.
