- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Henry McLeish on 13 June 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what initiatives are being taken to attract young people into engineering.
Answer
Scottish Ministers are determined to break down the old barriers to participation in careers in engineering. A number of Career Service companies are now tackling stereotype images through project work with children from primary 6 and 7. These projects introduce young people to a range of jobs through employer visits to schools and project work and are designed to broaden perceptions of the range of careers available.
Young people can also pursue careers in engineering through the Modern Apprenticeship programme. Scottish Engineering produces an annual newspaper advertising Modern Apprenticeships, Scottish Engineering Connections, which is distributed to schools and FE colleges across Scotland. There are currently almost 3,300 Modern Apprentices training in engineering in Scotland.
The Scottish Executive's recent publication Created in Scotland: the Way Forward for Scottish Manufacturing in the 21st Century outlines the problems in attracting young people into manufacturing industry and, in particular, engineering. I have established a Manufacturing Image Group which met for the first time on 2 June to form a campaign to raise the image of manufacturing industries.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 25 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 8 June 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-5502 by Susan Deacon on 5 April 2000, whether it will consider all possible factors, not just the psychological ones, affecting the condition Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis before adapting or adopting the findings of the Chief Medical Officer's working group.
Answer
I would expect that the Chief Medical Officer's Working Group itself will have considered all possible factors affecting the condition. The help of the ME Alliance was sought to ensure that the group reflects a broad range of both patient and professional opinions. There are representatives of the disciplines of neurology, microbiology, and immunology as well as psychiatry on the Reference Sub-Group, which also includes patients and carers.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 25 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Susan Deacon on 8 June 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-5503 by Susan Deacon on 5 April 2000, whether it will consider Scottish medical opinion on all possible models of the condition Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis before adapting or adopting the findings of the Chief Medical Officer's working group.
Answer
I would expect the Chief Medical Officer's Working Group itself to have considered all possible models of CFS/ME before making its report. We will certainly be seeking the views of our own medical advisers on the report, and if they think it would be advisable to consult NHS colleagues then this will be done.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 05 June 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 8 June 2000
To ask the First Minister whether he will make a statement about the cross-examination of victims in rape trials.
Answer
Scottish Ministers have instructed that proposals are developed to prevent an accused person charged with a sex offence from cross-examining a victim personally and to strengthen provisions restricting cross-examination on sexual history. Work has already begun on considering how this can be done while ensuring that the accused receives a fair trial.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 22 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Angus MacKay on 5 June 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what are the policing implications and estimated costs of the Mike Tyson fight taking place at Hampden Park.
Answer
Strathclyde Police will arrange appropriate policing to ensure public safety and minimise disruption in the area surrounding the venue, as they would for any major sporting event. No estimate of costs is available at present.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 22 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 2 June 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether, under the proposals for housing stock transfer, the right to buy and the current discount will be retained.
Answer
Current arrangements allow for tenants to transfer with a preserved right to buy. Detailed proposals for a modernised right to buy will be announced in early summer as part of the forthcoming Housing Bill.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 31 May 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how many of the 1,300 new build Scottish Homes properties for social rent in Glasgow and North Clyde will be located in the Glasgow Kelvin constituency.
Answer
Scottish Homes plans to approve 1,300 new and improved homes for social rent in Glasgow and North Clyde Region during 2000-01. Eighty-five of these homes will be in Glasgow Kelvin.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 31 May 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will report on its consultation on right to buy by housing association tenants and in particular on any identified specific problems arising in Partick.
Answer
I have received many views in relation to our proposals for a single social tenancy incorporating a modernised right to buy. I am aware of the position of Partick Housing Association and will consider how their particular circumstances can be reflected in our final proposals to be announced early in the summer.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 31 May 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the #79 million invested by Scottish Homes in Glasgow and North Clyde is being spent in (a) Glasgow and (b) Glasgow Kelvin.
Answer
In 2000-01 Scottish Homes' Glasgow and North Clyde Region plans to spend (a) £65 million in the city of Glasgow as a whole, and (b) £4 million in Glasgow Kelvin.
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 May 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 31 May 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the #8 million Scottish Homes funding to upgrade tenements and provide new homes at inner city gap sites will be spent in the Glasgow Kelvin constituency.
Answer
Of the £8 million allocated by Scottish Homes in 2000-01 to upgrade tenements and provide new homes at inner city gap sites in Glasgow, £4 million will be spent in Glasgow Kelvin.
