- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 March 2008
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Current Status:
Answered by Nicola Sturgeon on 23 April 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what criteria were taken into consideration when developing measures to monitor comments left on the Ministers’ Blog section of the National Conversation website.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-11333 on 23 April 2008. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- 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 publish on its website the minutes of meetings and any supporting papers considered by the working group examining the removal of Trident from the Clyde.
Answer
Minutes of the working group will be published on the Scottish Government website within three months of each meeting. It is intended that Scottish Government papers from the meetings will also be published.
- 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 a breakdown of the costs, including staff time, involved in the working group examining the removal of Trident from the Clyde.
Answer
To date, Scottish Government expenditure on the Working Group on Scotland without Nuclear Weapons has totalled £41.60.
Calculating the costs associated with officials making arrangements for the working group on Scotland is not possible, as relevant staff have undertaken such work alongside a range of other duties and the time spent on any given day on such work would have varied considerably.
- 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 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 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: 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: 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.
