- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 24 August 2001
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Answered by Ross Finnie on 21 September 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the appointments of the Chief Executive and Chair of the new Scottish Water Authority announced on 8 August 2001 complied with the relevant principles in the report of the Nolan Committee.
Answer
The prospective Chair and Chief Executive of Scottish Water have been identified by interview processes involving an independent assessor, in line with guidance from Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments (OCPA). In respect of the post of Chair, which falls within the Commissioner's remit, OCPA gave prior approval to a closed competition; in the case of the Chief Executive, which falls outwith OCPA's remit, the same considerations applied.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 24 August 2001
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Answered by Susan Deacon on 21 September 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it intends to take with regard to the announcement by Fife Health Board on 22 August 2001 of the death of a patient from Hepatitis B contracted from a doctor.
Answer
I refer the member to the answers given to questions S1W-17772 and S1W-17908.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 06 September 2001
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Answered by Ross Finnie on 20 September 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-17464 by Ross Finnie on 5 September 2001, what specific training is given to its staff on the development of sustainability policies.
Answer
No specific training is given to civil servants on developing sustainability policies - any more than it is for most other areas of policy.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 07 September 2001
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Answered by Alasdair Morrison on 20 September 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-17505 by Mr Alasdair Morrison on 28 August 2001, when it will issue its submission to the Energy Review to the Cabinet Office and, if no exact date is known at this time, how it will inform MSPs when it has placed the submission in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre.
Answer
An initial paper from the Executive was submitted to the Energy Review Team on 13 September. It was also placed in the Parliament's Reference Centre on that date (Bib. No. 16141). It is our intention to follow that up with a further input later in the autumn, once the outcomes of the studies we have commissioned into Scotland's renewable resource and the electricity network are available to us.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 August 2001
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Answered by Rhona Brankin on 18 September 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive when the Deputy Minister for Environment and Rural Development will reply to my letter of 30 July 2001 regarding carbon emissions in Scotland.
Answer
I replied to the member's letter of 30 July on 26 August.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 20 August 2001
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Answered by Rhona Brankin on 14 September 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what outside interests are held by members of the Dounreay Particles Advisory Group and whether the Scottish Environment Protection Agency has investigated whether any of the members are in receipt of an income from any other bodies involved in the nuclear industry.
Answer
This is a matter for the Scottish Environment Protection Agency. The information is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 20 August 2001
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Answered by Ross Finnie on 6 September 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will use its powers under the exceptions in section C5 of the Scotland Act 1998 to prohibit the transportation of cattle carcasses from England to Scotland for processing and destruction.
Answer
The transportation of carcases of cattle culled under the Over Thirty Month Scheme into Scotland for rendering has been approved by the Executive, subject to the adherence to strict biosecurity controls. The risk of disease spread from this practice is judged to be extremely low. It follows that recourse to the terms of the Scotland Act to prohibit these operations is not envisaged.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 August 2001
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Answered by Ross Finnie on 5 September 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what training it plans to introduce to ensure that its staff have the necessary skills to ensure that sustainability issues are mainstreamed into the development of all its policies.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-17464.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 August 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 5 September 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what training it has given its staff in the development of sustainability policies.
Answer
A wide range of training opportunities are made available to Scottish Executive staff to ensure that they have the skills to enable them to support ministers in delivering the policy priorities of the Scottish Executive, including sustainable development.
- Asked by: Bruce Crawford, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 August 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 5 September 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive when it intends to introduce an environmental action plan.
Answer
Working together for Scotland sets out the Scottish Executive's plans for sustainable development and the environment. Copies are available in the Parliament's Reference Centre.
