- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 17 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Mather on 22 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what Scottish Enterprise posts have been removed through voluntary redundancies in the last year; what severance packages were available for affected staff, and what the cost was of each package paid.
Answer
Voluntary severance programmes and related costs are operational matters for Scottish Enterprise.
I will ask its chief executive to write to you.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 15 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-33615 by Fiona Hyslop on 27 May 2010, whether the responsibility for immigration will be devolved to the Scottish Government.
Answer
The Scottish Government has previously made clear that if the proposals contained in version 1 of the first ballot paper in Scotland''s Future: Draft Referendum (Scotland) Bill Consultation Paper were enacted, the Scottish Parliament would be responsible for all laws, taxes and duties in Scotland with the exception of those issues identified within the referendum question as continuing to be the responsibility of the UK Parliament.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 June 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 9 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether Clarence Drive, Glasgow, will be included in the Scottish Water programme for flooding prevention in the next spending round.
Answer
External Sewer flooding works in Clarence Drive, Glasgow, are not included in Scottish Water''s investment programme for the regulatory period 2010-15. Ministerial objectives for future regulatory periods have not yet been decided and will be set following public consultation.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Bruce Crawford on 3 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list the respondents to its consultation on the draft Referendum (Scotland) Bill.
Answer
We look forward to publishing the responses to the consultation on the Scottish Government website in due course, where respondents have given us permission to do so.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Bruce Crawford on 3 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will publish a referendum Bill in 2010.
Answer
Yes.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Bruce Crawford on 3 June 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many responses it received to its consultation on the draft Referendum (Scotland) Bill.
Answer
Two hundred and twenty-to written responses were received. This compares with similar technical consultations on elections related legislation; for example Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 where the consultation on the draft Bill received 187 responses, and the Scottish Local Government Elections Act 2009 where the consultation on the Bill proposals received 34 responses.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 14 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 27 May 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether responsibility for immigration would be devolved to the Scottish Government under version 1 of the first ballot paper in Scotland’s Future: Draft Referendum (Scotland) Bill Consultation Paper.
Answer
If the proposals contained in version 1 of the first ballot paper in Scotland''s Future: Draft Referendum (Scotland) Bill Consultation Paper were enacted, the Scottish Parliament would be responsible for all laws, taxes and duties in Scotland. The exceptions, which would continue to be the responsibility of the United Kingdom Parliament, are defence and foreign affairs, financial regulation, monetary policy and the currency.
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- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 13 May 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 13 May 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will review the operation of the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005.
Answer
We are committed to evaluating and monitoring the impact the Act is having. In the immediate term, we are using the Criminal Justice and Licensing Bill to strengthen some provisions and put right some problems identified during implementation. In the longer term the findings from the comprehensive monitoring and evaluation process being led by NHS Health Scotland will allow us to look at the wider effect the Act is having.
While it is far too early to draw any firm conclusions about the impact on promoting the licensing objectives, it is encouraging that, in the first few months of operation, we are seeing the police and licensing boards taking tough action against problem premises, particularly in relation to underage sales where a number of licences have already been suspended.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 April 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 10 May 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how it plans to help Bòrd na Gàidhlig meet the aims of its action plan to increase the number of Gaelic speakers.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-33410 on 10 May 2010. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 April 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 10 May 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will work with local authorities to implement Bòrd na Gàidhlig’s action plan to increase the number of Gaelic speakers.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-33410 on 10 May 2010. 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/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.