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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: S1O-01079

Asked by: Michael Russell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 February 2000
Current Status: Answered by Sam Galbraith on 10 February 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will take steps to ensure that the newly merged Scottish Opera and Scottish Ballet will have staff directors appointed to the new board.

Question reference: S1W-01604

Asked by: Michael Russell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 16 September 1999
Current Status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 8 February 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-1136 by Mr Jim Wallace on 15 September, whether it will now give its full support to the early introduction of a Member's Bill on leasehold casualties based on the Scottish Law Commission report, as proposed by Mr Adam Ingram, and whether it will ask the Parliamentary Bureau to recommend allocation of the necessary legislative time.

The Executive remains committed to the abolition of leasehold casualties and we have indicated that we would be prepared to support Mr Ingram's Private Member's Bill. Further work will have to be carried out on the Bill drafted by the Scottish Law Commission to ensure that it is within the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament. The Deputy Minister for Justice is to meet Mr Ingram to discuss the assistance which the Executive might be able to extend to him.

Question reference: S1W-03293

Asked by: Michael Russell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 December 1999
Current Status: Answered by Sam Galbraith on 7 February 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive how much it spends in total annually on the development and promotion of the Scots language, including grants to the Scots Language Society, Scottish National Dictionary Association, Scots Language Resource Centre and other projects.

In 1999-2000 the grants to the Scottish National Dictionary Association, the Scots Language Resource Centre and the Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue are £40,000, £23,500 and £49,000 respectively. No grant has been made to the Scots Language Society. Education Department guidelines dealing with the development and promotion of Scots do so in the context of the curriculum, and it is therefore not practicable to estimate the spending related to Scots.

Question reference: S1W-03812

Asked by: Michael Russell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 January 2000
Current Status: Answered by Jack McConnell on 1 February 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive when the next Scottish Abstract of Statistics will be published.

Question reference: S1W-03814

Asked by: Michael Russell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 January 2000
Current Status: Answered by Jack McConnell on 1 February 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive why the Scottish Abstract of Statistics due to be published in December 1999 has not yet appeared.

Question reference: S1W-03813

Asked by: Michael Russell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 January 2000
Current Status: Answered by Jack McConnell on 24 January 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will give a commitment to return to annual publication of The Scottish Abstract of Statistics.

Question reference: S1W-03246

Asked by: Michael Russell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 13 December 1999
Current Status: Answered by Sarah Boyack on 21 January 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it will take to ensure that a feasibility study is conducted into the opening of a railway station at Law, Lanarkshire.

Question reference: S1W-03380

Asked by: Michael Russell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 16 December 1999
Current Status: Answered by Susan Deacon on 11 January 2000

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it will take to address problems arising from the fact that people in parts of rural Clydesdale will have a three and a half hour round bus trip to get to hospital appointments once local hospital services are largely centralised in Wishaw.

Question reference: S1W-02787

Asked by: Michael Russell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 25 November 1999
Current Status: Answered by Sam Galbraith on 9 December 1999

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-2468 by Mr Sam Galbraith on 24 November 1999, under what specific budget headings savings will be identified in order to find the #2.1 million to fund its rescue package for Scottish Opera.

Question reference: S1W-02218

Asked by: Michael Russell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 28 October 1999
Current Status: Answered by Sam Galbraith on 3 December 1999

To ask the Scottish Executive what meetings have taken place between Scottish Opera and the Executive since 1 July 1999.