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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: S4W-05441

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 03 February 2012
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 22 February 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive how many schools in Scotland contain asbestos.

Question reference: S4W-05239

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 26 January 2012
Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 9 February 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive when it will publish the responses to the consultation on the proposed Rights of Children and Young People Bill.

Question reference: S4O-00687

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 February 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 February 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress it is making in meeting its targets for reducing emissions by 2020.

Question reference: S4O-00560

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 December 2011
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 12 January 2012

To ask the Scottish Executive what value it places on access to sporting facilities in relation to improving young people’s health and fitness.

Question reference: S4O-00513

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 December 2011
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 December 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what recent discussions it has had with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde regarding public consultation on the future of the children’s ward at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley.

Question reference: S4W-03981

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 21 November 2011
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 8 December 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive what Scottish Government discretion has been agreed with the UK Government in respect of its energy market reform proposals for long-term financial support for carbon capture and storage deployment.

The Scottish Government is working closely with the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change on the detail of the reforms set out in the Electricity Market Reform White Paper, Planning our electric future: a White Paper for secure, affordable and low-carbon electricity, published on 12 July 2011. This includes agreeing the proposals in the Electricity Market Reform which relate to support for carbon capture and storage deployment.

Question reference: S4W-03982

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 21 November 2011
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 8 December 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the National Planning Framework for Scotland 2 will be reviewed in light of the decision not to proceed with the Longannet carbon capture and storage demonstration plant and the potential impact on the targets in the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009.

Question reference: S4W-03986

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 21 November 2011
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 8 December 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive whether Scottish Enterprise is reviewing its CCS Cluster Investment Plan and any shared usage of infrastructure in relation to the existing proposed carbon capture and storage (CCS) demonstration projects, in light of the cancellation of the Longannet CCS demonstration project.

The UK Government decision not to proceed with the CCS demonstration competition funding for the Longannet project does impact on the infrastructure development scenarios in the CO₂Transport Infrastructure Options study by Scottish Enterprise.

The study is now being reviewed and Scottish Enterprise are in discussion with industry partners how existing infrastructure can be fully utilised to promote Scotland’s opportunity to provide CO₂ storage capacity for CCS projects across the EU. Options for maximising storage potential are being considered in more detail, including the importation of captured CO₂ by shipment from Europe for injection into depleted hydrocarbon fields and deep saline formations within the North Sea.

Question reference: S4W-03985

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 21 November 2011
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 6 December 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it continues to engage with the European Commission and partner countries to support policy development and secure project funding for Scottish carbon capture and storage projects through the Scottish European Green Energy Centre and what progress has been made since the carbon capture and storage roadmap was published.

Yes, we continue to engage with the European Commission and other member states on the development of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) policy and the Scottish Government continues to support prospective Scottish CCS projects to access EU funding, through co-operation with the Scottish European Green Energy Centre (SEGEC), the UK Government at member state level in Brussels, and independently through direct engagement. I attended and spoke at a SEGEC led CCS event on 9 November in Brussels and attended the Energy Council in Brussels on 24 November as a representative of the UK delegation, alongside the Minister of State, Department for Energy and Climate Change Charles Hendry.

The Scottish Government are working to achieve a trans-European CO₂ transport and storage network with the European CCS Regions Network and also working with European partners in a major project, SITECHAR, funded under the FP7 (EU Research Framework 2007-2013).

The CCS Roadmap was published in March 2010 and a progress report published in May 2011 which can be found at:

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Business-Industry/Energy/resources/Publications/CCSRoadmapUpdate.

Question reference: S4W-03983

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 21 November 2011
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 6 December 2011

To ask the Scottish Executive whether its Electricity Generation Policy Statement will be reviewed in light of the decision not to proceed with the Longannet carbon capture and storage demonstration plant and the potential impact on the targets in the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009.

The Scottish Government is committed to decarbonising electricity generation by 2030, in line with the recommendations of the Committee on Climate Change, through a combination of renewable electricity and fossil fuels with carbon capture and storage.

The Electricity Generation Policy Statement is currently under review in light of the new renewable targets. As part of this review the sections relating to carbon capture and storage (CCS) will be updated. Publication of the revised Electricity Generation Policy Statement is planned this winter.