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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-15910

Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 May 2001
Current Status: Answered by Jackie Baillie on 5 June 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to monitor any impact that fees for Houses in Multiple Occupancy licences have on (a) landlords and (b) tenants.

Question reference: S1W-15907

Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 May 2001
Current Status: Answered by Jackie Baillie on 5 June 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what fee is payable to each local authority for a Houses in Multiple Occupancy licence.

Question reference: S1W-15908

Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 May 2001
Current Status: Answered by Jackie Baillie on 5 June 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is aware of any indications that the level of fee in any local authority area for a Houses in Multiple Occupancy licence is encouraging landlords to sell their properties or to evade licensing.

Question reference: S1O-03453

Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 May 2001
Current Status: Answered by Jackie Baillie on 17 May 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what support it intends to provide to pensioners in local authority houses in the Lothians which have old or partial central heating systems.

Question reference: S1W-15499

Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 May 2001
Current Status: Answered by Tom McCabe on 15 May 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has used or is using any external agencies, organisations or persons in relation to the drafting of legislation, whether primary or otherwise, for consideration in the Scottish Parliament and, if so, who these persons, agencies or organisations are or were.

Question reference: S1W-14109

Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 12 March 2001
Current Status: Answered by Jackie Baillie on 15 May 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1O-2707 by Jackie Baillie on 14 December 2000, which institutions it has worked with in order to encourage the provision of basic bank accounts, what the nature has been of any encouragement given and what the response has been.

The Executive has been working with the four Scottish clearing banks, through the Committee of Scottish Clearing Banks (CSCB), and CoSLA to encourage both the provision and uptake of basic bank accounts. A working group has been established to explore new ways of reaching those who remain unbanked. The CSCB advise that 200,000 basic bank accounts are now open with an additional 10,000 being opened per month across the four banks.

Question reference: S1W-15377

Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 26 April 2001
Current Status: Answered by Rhona Brankin on 10 May 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many warnings from Interpol and from other international agencies it or the Scottish Environment Protection Agency have received about the smuggling or illegal dumping of toxic waste since July 1999.

Question reference: S1W-15379

Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 26 April 2001
Current Status: Answered by Rhona Brankin on 10 May 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what income from the monitoring of imported cargo has been received by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency in each of the last five years.

Question reference: S1W-15376

Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 26 April 2001
Current Status: Answered by Rhona Brankin on 10 May 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive how many prosecutions of companies or individuals illegally using Scotland to dump toxic waste there have been since July 1999.

Question reference: S1W-15378

Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 26 April 2001
Current Status: Answered by Rhona Brankin on 10 May 2001

To ask the Scottish Executive what checks are carried out, by whom and where to identify the content of imported cargo that may contain toxic waste.