- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 July 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Rhona Brankin on 23 July 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps are being taken to improve safety in the fishing industry; what funds it has available for this purpose, and whether the recent budget announcement will have any impact on the amount of funds available.
Answer
To improve safety culture in the fishing industry the Executive is making available up to £1.5 million over three years for the provision of free safety training for fishermen. The recent budget announcement will have no impact on this.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 05 July 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 12 July 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what funds were allocated by Scottish Enterprise to each Local Enterprise Company (LEC), expressed both in monetary and per capita terms for each LEC and as a percentage of each LEC's overall budget allocation, in each of the last three years.
Answer
This is an operational matter for Scottish Enterprise. The Scottish Executive does not hold this information centrally.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 22 June 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 6 July 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many submissions were received on the proposal to introduce a 20 day standstill period following movements of livestock and how many submissions were in favour of the proposal being implemented.
Answer
Over 150 replies have been received and are being carefully considered. The vast majority of responses stress that the introduction of a straight 20-day standstill period is unworkable. Equally, however, many recognise that the status quo is untenable and offer alternative proposals. These are being actively considered in terms of effectiveness, enforceability and impact on industry.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 22 June 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 6 July 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether water authorities would have greater commercial freedom if they were exempted from the Competition Act 1998.
Answer
Exemptions from the provisions of the Competition Act 1998 are relevant only in the case of the Act's Chapter I prohibition against agreements between undertakings which have the object or effect of preventing, restricting or distorting competition in the United Kingdom. Such exemptions, which do not apply to undertakings, can only be established in the courts on a case-by-case basis by proving that an agreement that could be caught by the prohibition assists economic progress and technical development. There is no reason to believe that establishing exemptions in the case of particular agreements between a water authority and another undertaking would affect the commercial freedom of that authority.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 22 June 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Ross Finnie on 6 July 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how much (a) it and (b) each water authority spent on services provided by Water Research Centre Ltd in Medmenham in each of the last three years.
Answer
The figures are given in the following table:
| | 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 |
| North of Scotland Water Authority | £173,979.62 | £53,137.65 | £131,608.06 |
| East of Scotland Water Authority | £215,846.92 | £111,540.20 | £94,763.37 |
| West of Scotland Water Authority | £349,782.00 | £36,344.00 | £87,015.00 |
| The Scottish Executive | n/a | n/a- | £8,225.00 |
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 22 June 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 6 July 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many and what percentage of the total number of requests for police assistance were (a) made to and (b) responded to by each police force in each of the last three years.
Answer
This information is not held centrally.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 22 June 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 6 July 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of the Scottish Enterprise national clusters budget was allocated to each local enterprise company in the latest year for which figures are available.
Answer
This is an operational matter for Scottish Enterprise and I have asked the Chairman to respond direct to the member. A copy of the reply will be placed in the Parliament's Reference Centre.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 22 June 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Wendy Alexander on 6 July 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost was of each job (a) created and (b) safeguarded by (i) Scottish Enterprise and (ii) Highlands and Islands Enterprise in each of the last three years, broken down by local enterprise company area.
Answer
This is an operational matter for Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise and I have asked their respective Chairmen to reply to the member. Copies of their replies will be placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe).
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 25 June 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Henry McLeish on 28 June 2001
To ask the First Minister to what extent the pattern of land ownership is expected to change should the proposals contained in its draft Land Reform (Scotland) Bill be implemented.
Answer
The community right to buy proposals in the draft Land Reform (Scotland) Bill will give community bodies significant new opportunities to own and manage rural land for community purposes. They will be able to register an interest in land in which they can demonstrate a connection and will be able to buy that land when it comes on the market. Crofting communities will be able to buy their croft land at any time.While there will be no dramatic change in the pattern of land ownership, these provisions will gradually lead to greater community ownership of land, a process which is already under way in many parts of Scotland.
- Asked by: Richard Lochhead, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 June 2001
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Current Status:
Answered by Lewis Macdonald on 28 June 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps are being taken to improve the level of public transport services in rural communities.
Answer
Through our Rural Transport Fund we have supported over 400 improved local services, 100 Rural Community Transport projects and 33 rural petrol stations.We also support air and ferry services through record levels of investment in the Highlands and Islands.
