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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-03901

Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 November 2003
Current Status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 18 November 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made of the economic importance and potential of the equine industry.

Question reference: S2W-03898

Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 November 2003
Current Status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 18 November 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Environment and Rural Affairs Department has been invited to participate in the UK working group on the equine industry and, if so, whether it will participate.

Question reference: S2W-03940

Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 06 November 2003
Current Status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 18 November 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to make representations to Her Majesty's Government to seek a review of the classification of the horse to the category of agricultural animal for tax purposes.

Question reference: S2W-03937

Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 06 November 2003
Current Status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 18 November 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive what estimate it has of employment in the equine industry, broken down by sector.

Question reference: S2W-03941

Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 06 November 2003
Current Status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 18 November 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive what estimate it has of the number of small businesses associated with the equine industry.

Question reference: S2W-02421

Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 05 September 2003
Current Status: Answered by Allan Wilson on 19 September 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will legislate to provide rights of way across level crossings.

The Scottish Executive has no plans to legislate to provide rights of way across levelcrossings.

The Executive is committedto encouraging responsible access to the countryside. This is the reason forthe legislation which establishes rights of responsible access in Part 1 of theLand Reform (Scotland) Act 2003. The act provides a balance between theresponsible exercise of access rights and restrictions to facilitate publicsafety. Railways are, therefore, excluded from access rights. This does notmean that the public cannot cross rail track with the permission of NetworkRail, where safety considerations allow.

Question reference: S2W-02422

Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 05 September 2003
Current Status: Answered by Nicol Stephen on 19 September 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with Network Rail regarding its plans to close access to level crossings.

Question reference: S2W-00960

Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 19 June 2003
Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 15 July 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive what financial and other support it has allocated in each of the last five years to youth cafis and other alcohol-free projects for young people.

Question reference: S2W-00961

Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 19 June 2003
Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 15 July 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive what youth cafi and other alcohol-free projects there are.

Question reference: S1W-34661

Asked by: Andrew Welsh, MSP for Angus, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 13 March 2003
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 27 March 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps are being taken to fill nursing vacancies in Tayside.

Responsibility for recruitment lies with NHS trusts as employers. The Facing the Future group, established in 2001 and chaired by me, supports trusts in this role and has introduced a range of initiatives to aid recruitment and retention of nurses and midwives in NHSScotland. NHS trusts in Tayside have benefited from these initiatives in the same way as other trusts across Scotland have. Tayside have been particularly successful, with the most recent figures showing no vacancies in either trust remaining unfilled for longer than three months.