- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 April 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Bruce Crawford on 23 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive when the working group examining the removal of Trident from the Clyde will report.
Answer
As set out in its remit, the working group will report regularly to ministers. It will do so via the Minister for Parliamentary Business, who chairs the group.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 April 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Bruce Crawford on 23 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the working group examining the removal of Trident from the Clyde is considering the loss of all jobs at Faslane and Coulport or a proportion of such jobs and the justification for doing so.
Answer
The Working Group on Scotland Without Nuclear Weapons has been asked:
In the event of a decision to remove nuclear weapons from HM Naval Base Clyde, to examine the economic impact and to identify options for the development of alternative employment opportunities.
It will be for the working group to establish how consider the opportunities this offers, while remaining within the designated remit.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 April 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Bruce Crawford on 23 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list the members of the working group examining the removal of Trident from the Clyde.
Answer
The list of members of the Working Group on Scotland without Nuclear Weapons is available on the Scottish Government website at:
www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/People/swnw-working-group/membership.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 April 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Bruce Crawford on 23 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide details of the work programme of the working group examining the removal of Trident from the Clyde.
Answer
The work programme of the Working Group on Scotland without Nuclear Weapons will be published on the Scottish Government website once finalised, and within three months of the first meeting.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 April 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Bruce Crawford on 23 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration has been given to the impact that the removal of Trident from the Clyde will have on jobs and the economy in the surrounding areas.
Answer
The Scottish Government asked the Working Group on Scotland Without Nuclear Weapons, as part of its remit:
In the event of a decision to remove nuclear weapons from HM Naval Base Clyde, to examine the economic impact and to identify options for the development of alternative employment opportunities.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 14 April 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 23 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many planning applications currently under consideration by ministers or determined by ministers since June 2007 involve developers who it is aware have made a political donation to the SNP in the preceding 36 months.
Answer
This information is not held.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 14 April 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 23 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive how many planning applications have been publicly supported by ministers since June 2007, what those planning applications consisted of and the support provided, and whether it has any information on any of the applicants having made a political donation to the SNP in the preceding 36 months.
Answer
This information is not held.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 14 April 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 23 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether ministers consider it their role to expedite planning applications under active consideration by planning authorities and independent statutory consultees to the planning process and, if so, what criteria they use to assess which applications to assist.
Answer
Scottish Government ministers at all times discharge their planning functions fairly and responsibly, having regard to all relevant planning legislation and the Scottish Ministerial Code.
Paragraphs 6.7 “ 6.12 of the code are particularly relevant to the handling of a planning application. The code is available on the Scottish Government website:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2003/08/17996/25267
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 April 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 22 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will commence consultation on the use of funds from dormant bank accounts, as promised during the parliamentary debate on 24 January 2008 (Official Report c. 5388).
Answer
The consultation process will begin with an initial scoping seminar to be held in Edinburgh on 13 May 2008, hosted by the Scottish Council of Voluntary Organisations. This will involve the Big Lottery Fund, national umbrella and intermediary bodies and voluntary sector networks. The dates and venues for regional events across Scotland will be announced shortly.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 April 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 22 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will ensure that NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde replies to my letter dated 8 October 2007, and subsequent reminders dated 28 January and 29 February 2008, in relation to Agenda for Change.
Answer
It is the responsibility of NHS boards to deal with any correspondence sent to them and ensure that appropriate responses are issued. Since receiving your question my officials have been in touch with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. I understand that a preliminary response was sent on 26 February confirming that the matter you had raised was being looked into and that a final reply will be issued once further information is available.
