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Question reference: S2W-11563

Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 21 October 2004
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 23 November 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive who were invited to its consultation seminars regarding the proposed Quality and Standards III investment programme for Scottish Water.

A series of three seminars were organised and hosted by Water Customer Consultation Panels and the Scottish Executive to discuss the issues contained in the Investing in Water Services 2006-2014 consultation These took place in Edinburgh, Inverness and Glasgow. A wide range of stakeholders were invited and these are listed below:

Aberdeen City Council	Dundee Chamber of Commerce
Aberdeenshire Council	Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce
Angus Council	Federation of Master Builders
Argyll and Bute Council	Federation of Small Businesses
Scottish Borders Council	Fife Chamber of Commerce
Clackmannanshire Council	Forth Valley Chamber of Commerce
Dumfries and Galloway Council	Friends of the Earth
Dundee City Council	Glasgow and Clyde Valley Structure Plan Authority
East Ayrshire Council	Glasgow Chamber of Commerce
East Dunbartonshire Council	Glasgow housing association
East Lothian Council	Graham and Sibbald
East Renfrewshire Council	Highlands and Islands Enterprise
Edinburgh City Council	Highlands and Islands Partnership Programme
Falkirk Council	Homes for Scotland
Fife Council	Initiative on the Edge
Glasgow City Council	Inverness Chamber of Commerce
Highland Council	Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park
Inverclyde Council	McGregor Donald Sols
Midlothian Council	Moray Chamber of Commerce
Moray Council	Moray Firth Partnership
North Ayrshire Council	Orkney Housing Association
North Lanarkshire Council	Renfrewshire chamber of commerce
Orkney Council	Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland
Perth and Kinross Council	Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors
Renfrewshire Council	Royal Town Planning Institute
Shetland Council	Scottish Building
South Ayrshire Council	Scottish Council for Development and Industry
South Lanarkshire Council	Scottish Centre for Information and Environmental Health
Stirling Council	Scottish Council of Voluntary Organisations
West Dunbartonshire Council	Scottish Enterprise Ayrshire
West Lothian Council	Scottish Enterprise Borders
Western Isles Council	Scottish Enterprise Dunbartonshire
	Scottish Enterprise Edinburgh and Lothians
Ayrshire Chamber of Commerce	Scottish Enterprise Fife
British Gas	Scottish Enterprise Forth Valley
Burness Solicitors	Scottish Enterprise Glasgow
Cairngorms National Park Authority	Scottish Enterprise Grampian
Caledonian Paper	Scottish Enterprise Lanarkshire
Chemical Industries Association	Scottish Enterprise Renfrewshire
Civil Engineering Contractors Association	Scottish Enterprise Tayside
Communities Scotland	Scottish Federation of Housing Associations
Confederation of Business and Industry	Scottish Natural Heritage
Confederation of Paper Industries	Scottish Power
Construction Industry Forum	Scottish Rural Property and Business Association (formerly Scottish Landowners Federation)
Director of Public Health Argyll and Clyde	SEPA
Director of Public Health Borders	Scottish Society of Directors and Planners
Director of Public Health Fife	Shepherd and Wedderburn
Director of Public Health Forth Valley	Tulloch Group (Housebuilders) }
Director of Public Health Glasgow	Transco
Director of Public Health Highland	Water Customer Consultation Panel members
Director of Public Health Shetland	World Wildlife Fund

Question reference: S2W-12004

Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Friday, 05 November 2004
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 19 November 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive what mechanisms are in place to protect the peatland features of the Lewis Peatlands Ramsar site outside the boundary of the Lewis Peatlands candidate Special Area of Conservation.

Question reference: S2W-11999

Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Friday, 05 November 2004
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 19 November 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive how many deer were killed in (a) 2002 and (b) 2003 (i) under control agreements made under section 7, (ii) under control schemes made under section 8, (iii) as part of emergency measures taken under sections 10 and 11 and (iv) by occupiers or persons authorised by occupiers acting under section 26 of the Deer (Scotland) Act 1996.

Question reference: S2W-12000

Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Friday, 05 November 2004
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 19 November 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is undertaking research into means of avoiding damage by deer to woodland, agricultural production of crops or livestock that do not involve the taking or killing of deer.

Question reference: S2W-12005

Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Friday, 05 November 2004
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 19 November 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive what the procedure is for complying with Articles 3.1 and 3.2 of the Ramsar Convention in relation to Ramsar sites (a) which are also Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) and (b) which are not SSSIs.

All Ramsar sites in Scotland are designated as Special Protection Areas or candidate Special Areas of Conservation under the EC Birds and Habitats Directives, except one which has been notified as a Site of Special Scientific Interest.

Compliance with Article 3.1 and 3.2 of the Ramsar Convention is ensured through the procedures for designated Natura sites and Sites of Special Scientific Interest set out in The Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations, the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (as amended), and the Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004.

Question reference: S2W-11998

Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Friday, 05 November 2004
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 19 November 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive how many control (a) agreements under section 7 and (b) schemes under section 8 of the Deer (Scotland) Act 1996 have been made since 1 January 2002 and, of these, how many are still in operation.

Question reference: S2W-12003

Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Friday, 05 November 2004
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 19 November 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive to what extent the Lewis Peatlands Ramsar site overlaps with the (a) Lewis Peatlands candidate Special Area of Conservation and (b) Lewis Peatlands Special Protection Area.

Question reference: S2O-04153

Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 November 2004
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 18 November 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is considering increasing the funding available for the Biodiversity Action Grants Scheme.

Question reference: S2W-11560

Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 21 October 2004
Current Status: Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 18 November 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it has taken to consult interested parties regarding the proposed Quality and Standards III investment programme for Scottish Water.

In January 2003, ministers established the Quality and Standard 3 project group made up of a range of stakeholders and experts to advise on the extent of the industry’s investment requirements. This process has included a range of stakeholders the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, the Drinking Water Quality Regulator, the Water Industry Commissioner and Scottish Water as well as Cosla, Scottish Natural Heritage, Scottish Federation of Housing Associations, Homes for Scotland, CBI, Scottish Consumer Council, Water Customer ConsultationPanels, Communities Scotland and various interests across the Scottish Executive.

In July 2004, ministers issued a formal consultation, Investing in Water Services 2006-2014 (Bib. number 33325) to some 6,000 individual and organisations . This was supported by the Water Customer Consultation Panels hosting a number of seminars throughout Scotland in August for stakeholders to discuss the issues raised in the consultation. In addition, we commissioned research to investigate the attitudes and priorities of Scottish Water’s domestic customers.

Question reference: S2W-11559

Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 21 October 2004
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 17 November 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive how many full and part-time wildlife crime officers are employed by Scottish police forces and, of these, how many are civilian employees.