- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 15 November 2002
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Answered by Ross Finnie on 18 December 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what representations it will make to the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea regarding the findings of the recently published Fisheries Research Services reports, Industry/Science Partnership 2001-2002, Volume 1: Report of Scottish Trials Assessing the Selectivity of Trawls and Seines and Industry/Science Partnership 2001-2002, Volume 2: Report on Biological Information Gathered from Scottish Fishing Vessels.
Answer
The advice from the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) for 2003 has been made and I do not expect representations to ICES to change it. The Scottish Executive's representative on the ICES Advisory Committee for Fishery Management will ensure that some of the findings of the report are fully considered and taken into account in the preparation of next years' advice.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 28 November 2002
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Answered by Mary Mulligan on 18 December 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many dental practices in each NHS board area are currently accepting new NHS patients and whether each such practice imposes any restrictions on patient acceptance.
Answer
The information requested is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 December 2002
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Answered by Hugh Henry on 18 December 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-30895 by Mr Jim Wallace on 3 December 2002, why it did not state in the answer what events the (a) First Minister and (b) Minister for Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Learning have attended in support of the Friends of Scotland initiative and whether it will now provide this information.
Answer
To the best of my knowledge, the First Minister has not received any personal invitations to attend events. The Minister for Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Learning, however, attended the launch of the initiative in November 2001, and Scottish Executive ministers are supportive of the Friends of Scotland initiative.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 December 2002
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Answered by Allan Wilson on 18 December 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has received about the timescale for any forthcoming decisions by the European Commission on anti-dumping measures in relation to the importation of farmed salmon into the EU.
Answer
At a meeting with the Commission on 11 December the Executive was advised that the outcome of investigations into dumping of farmed salmon on the EU market should be known by the end of this year. Member states' views will then be sought on any proposed action.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 December 2002
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Answered by Allan Wilson on 18 December 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps have been taken to introduce anti-dumping measures to protect the salmon industry in relation to farmed salmon imported to the EU.
Answer
The EU/Norway salmon trade agreement has been in operation since 1997 and is currently the subject of review by the European Commission. The European Salmon Producers Group have also lodged with the Commission complaints about the dumping of farmed salmon from Chile and the Faroes and these are being investigated.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 December 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Allan Wilson on 18 December 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment has been made of the impact on the salmon farming industry of salmon dumping on EU markets.
Answer
It is for the European Commission to investigate complaints about dumping on the European market.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 15 November 2002
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 11 December 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any formal request has been made to Her Majesty's Government to allow the Executive to officially lead the UK delegation at EU Fisheries Council meetings.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-22474 on 25 February 2002. 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/search_wa.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 28 November 2002
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Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 11 December 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive when its standing committee under Sir John Arbuthnott to review the formula for the allocation of NHS board funding will produce its conclusions and whether these conclusions will be made available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre.
Answer
I expect the Standing Committee on Resource Allocation to produce its conclusions by the summer of 2003. I see no reason why its conclusions should not be available in the Parliament's Reference Centre.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 28 November 2002
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Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 11 December 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive which organisations are represented on its standing committee under Sir John Arbuthnott to review the formula for the allocation of NHS board funding.
Answer
The membership of the Standing Committee on Resource Allocation comprises experts, senior managers from NHSScotland and officials from the Scottish Executive Health Department. The experts and senior managers, and the organisations that they represent are as follows:David Bolton, Director of Primary Care, Lothian Primary Care NHS TrustDr Adam Bryson, Medical Director, National Services Division, CSARichard Copland, Director, Information and Statistics Division, CSADr John Curnow, Director of Public Health, Orkney NHS BoardDr Frances Elliot, Medical Director, Fife Primary Care NHS TrustMrs Lesley McLay, Director of Nursing, NHS24Ms Fiona Mackenzie, Chief Executive, Forth Valley NHS BoardColin Masson, Director of Finance, Tayside University Hospitals NHS TrustProfessor Lewis Ritchie, James Mackenzie Professor and Head of Department, University of Aberdeen; General Practitioner, Peterhead and Honorary Consultant in Public Health Medicine, Grampian NHS BoardMatthew Sutton, Senior Research fellow, Glasgow University and formerly Economic Adviser within the Health DepartmentDr Lesley Wilkie, Director of Public Health, Argyll and Clyde NHS BoardProfessor Kevin Woods, William R Lindsay Chair in Health Policy and Economic Evaluation at Glasgow University.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 28 November 2002
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Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 11 December 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive how often, and when, its standing committee under Sir John Arbuthnott to review the formula for the allocation of NHS board funding has met.
Answer
The Standing Committee on Resource Allocation has met on three occasions - in June and September 2001 and in August this year.
