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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: S1W-05648

Asked by: Lord James Douglas-Hamilton, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 March 2000
Current Status: Answered by Sarah Boyack on 11 April 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is aware that a substantial crater has appeared at Straiton beside the proposed route for the A701 and that the proposed route could be subject to unpredictable subsidence owing to under-mining, and whether it will reconsider on safety grounds the case for holding a public inquiry to allow the evidence to be assessed.

The Scottish Executive is aware that subsidence has occurred recently. It is for Midlothian Council, who now have the benefit of deemed planning permission for their proposals, to decide whether to proceed with the development. There are no powers under planning legislation to hold an inquiry into a particular application after planning permission has been granted for that application. It would be open to the council, however, to consider whether they wished to hold an inquiry under any other powers which might be available to them.

Question reference: S1W-05540

Asked by: Lord James Douglas-Hamilton, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 23 March 2000
Current Status: Answered by Sarah Boyack on 6 April 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive why the A8000 has not been designated a trunk road.

Question reference: S1W-05542

Asked by: Lord James Douglas-Hamilton, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 23 March 2000
Current Status: Answered by Sarah Boyack on 6 April 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive when the next trunk roads review will take place.

Question reference: S1W-05541

Asked by: Lord James Douglas-Hamilton, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 23 March 2000
Current Status: Answered by Sarah Boyack on 6 April 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the A8000 meets all the criteria required to be a trunk road.

Question reference: S1W-05138

Asked by: Lord James Douglas-Hamilton, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 March 2000
Current Status: Answered by Sarah Boyack on 6 April 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the proposals by Midlothian Council for the A701 approved by the Minister for Transport and the Environment, were verified as being the same as those presented to the public for consultation prior to approval by Midlothian Council on 14 September 1999.

Question reference: S1W-05139

Asked by: Lord James Douglas-Hamilton, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 March 2000
Current Status: Answered by Sarah Boyack on 6 April 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will outline each difference between the A701 project presented to and approved by Ministers and earlier project details presented to the public for consultation as part of the statutory planning process.

Question reference: S1W-05141

Asked by: Lord James Douglas-Hamilton, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 March 2000
Current Status: Answered by Sarah Boyack on 6 April 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive whether its current integrated transport policies are material considerations in decisions on planning applications.

Question reference: S1W-05142

Asked by: Lord James Douglas-Hamilton, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 March 2000
Current Status: Answered by Sarah Boyack on 6 April 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive why the numerous objections to the A701 proposals and the proposals' relationship to its wider planning policies relating to the protection of the environment were not considered sufficient material considerations to influence the decision not to hold a public inquiry on the A701 proposals.

Question reference: S1W-05140

Asked by: Lord James Douglas-Hamilton, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 March 2000
Current Status: Answered by Sarah Boyack on 6 April 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the approved structure and local plans for Midlothian covering the A701 corridor predate its current integrated transport policies and how those plans reflect its current transport policies.

Question reference: S1W-05143

Asked by: Lord James Douglas-Hamilton, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 March 2000
Current Status: Answered by Sarah Boyack on 6 April 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive whether there is any statutory or legal obligation on Midlothian Council to implement the Minister for Transport and the Environment's recommendations regarding the package of sustainable transport measures which form part of proposals for the A701 and what the nature is of any such obligations.