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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: S3W-21526

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 02 March 2009
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 13 March 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what support it gives to the Scottish Parent Councils Association.

Question reference: S3W-21524

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 02 March 2009
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 13 March 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive how it consults parents when proposing changes in policy or legislation on schools.

Government consults parent councils and other parent representative bodies directly. For example, the chairs of all parent councils and various parent organisations were sent copies of the consultation paper and invited to comment on our proposals for legislative change in relation to rural schools and school consultation procedures. Other appropriate means of ascertaining parents'' views are also used, including open meetings, use of focus groups, the commissioning of surveys, research and via the parentzone website.

Question reference: S3W-21528

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 02 March 2009
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 13 March 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive when it will respond to the results of its recent survey of parent councils.

Question reference: S3W-21527

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 02 March 2009
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 13 March 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive when it will publish the results of its recent survey of parent councils.

Question reference: S3W-21523

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 02 March 2009
Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 13 March 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it values the views of parents of schoolchildren.

Question reference: S3O-06164

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 12 March 2009
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 12 March 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has approached the city of Lübeck to request that the Lübeck letter be loaned to Scotland on a long-term basis.

Question reference: S3W-21309

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 February 2009
Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 10 March 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is content with the scope of the Beauly Denny Public Inquiry now that it has received the final report.

Question reference: S3W-21310

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 February 2009
Current Status: Answered by Jim Mather on 9 March 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive for what reasons alternatives to the Beauly Denny transmission line were not discussed as part of the Beauly Denny Public Inquiry.

Question reference: S3W-21276

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 February 2009
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 9 March 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to review building standards for domestic dwelling houses.

Revisions to building regulations are being considered for introduction in October 2010, with a range of topics presently under review.

In 2008, the Scottish Government consulted on proposed revisions in the following areas:

a range of procedural, environmental and safety topics related to improving sustainability;

means of escape in the event of fire, and

the control of noise between and within dwellings.

Further consultation in the following areas is proposed during 2009:

further improvements to energy standards, with a 30% improvement on current standards proposed;

a range of structural issues, including on disproportionate collapse, the introduction of structural Eurocodes and revised guidance on small buildings, and

improving compliance with building regulations.

All of these review topics will have implications for new domestic buildings.

Question reference: S3W-21277

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 February 2009
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 9 March 2009

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to reflect the needs of elderly people requiring care at home in any revision of building standards for domestic dwelling houses.

Revisions introduced in May 2007 included a range of measures to improve accessibility and ease of use and ensure that all new dwellings are better suited to meet the differing and changing needs of their occupants. In this respect, Scottish building regulations are the most demanding in the UK.

Current standards require that all new housing is more accessible, suitable for a wider range of occupants and should offer usability without need for significant alteration. Where alteration or adaptation is required, new homes should be simpler and less costly to alter. This should allow a person to stay in their home longer as their needs change, increasing the potential for independent living and, potentially, reducing the need for care provision. Where care at home is needed, the more accessible homes provided by current building regulations will assist in the delivery of care services.