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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

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Question reference: S4W-11358

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 November 2012
Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 4 December 2012

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-10759 by Paul Wheelhouse on 12 November 2012, whether the Forestry Commission Scotland's awareness raising work with staff and stakeholders raised the issue of Chalara fraxinea.

Question reference: S4W-11355

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 November 2012
Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 4 December 2012

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-09443 by Richard Lochhead on 14 September 2012, whether it has held a meeting with the fishing industry and the main retailers regarding the suspension of Scottish mackerel’s Marine Stewardship Council certificate.

A meeting between the fishing industry and the main retailers was scheduled for 5 November. However, since discussions on the mackerel stock between the European Fisheries Commissioner, Maria Damanaki, and the Icelandic, Norwegian and Faroes Fisheries ministers are still on-going, we agreed with the fishing industry and the retailers to postpone the meeting and convene in the new year once those discussions have progressed.

Question reference: S4W-11357

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 November 2012
Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 4 December 2012

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-10759 by Paul Wheelhouse on 12 November 2012, with which stakeholders the Forestry Commission Scotland undertook awareness raising work.

Forestry Commission Scotland works with Forest Research to undertake awareness raising work through Forest Health Days, which are open to forest managers, local authority and National Park staff, community groups and others with an interest in woodland management. Since September 2010 there have been eight Forest Health Days in different parts of Scotland. Presentations on tree health have also been made at professional meetings such as the Institute of Chartered Foresters 2012 annual conference. In addition, Forestry Commission Scotland participates in the work of the Forestry Commission’s Biosecurity Programme Board, along with stakeholder representatives from the UK Forest Products Association, Confor, the Timber Trades Federation, the Woodland Trust and the Arboricultural Association.

Question reference: S4W-11493

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 22 November 2012
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 3 December 2012

To ask the Scottish Government what analysis there has been of the people who might be affected by the removal of jury trials from Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court and what information it has on the percentage of people attending the court in the last three years who were (a) receiving benefits and (b) in employment.

Question reference: S4W-11492

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 22 November 2012
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 3 December 2012

To ask the Scottish Government how many criminal trials have been adjourned at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court because of (a) a crown motion, (b) a defence motion, (c) failure to appear by an accused, (d) failure to appear by a witness, (e) lack of court time and (f) any other reason in the last three years.

Question reference: S4O-01555

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 November 2012
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 29 November 2012

To ask the Scottish Government how many convictions there have been since 2009 for proxy purchasing of alcohol in Fife.

Question reference: S4O-01557

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 November 2012
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 December 2012

To ask the Scottish Government when it expects Scottish Enterprise to decide on the location of the Areva turbine site.

Question reference: S4W-11236

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 15 November 2012
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 22 November 2012

To ask the Scottish Government whether the Fife Drugs Court in Kirkcaldy will be closed as a result of changes proposed in the Scottish Court Service's consultation on court structures.

Question reference: S4W-11238

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 15 November 2012
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 22 November 2012

To ask the Scottish Government how many Fife Drug Court appearances at (a) Kirkcaldy and (b) Dunfermline Sheriff Court were called but adjourned for lack of court time in the last five years.

Question reference: S4W-11237

Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 15 November 2012
Current Status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 22 November 2012

To ask the Scottish Government how many days the Fife Drug Court has sat at (a) Kirkcaldy and (b) Dunfermline Sheriff Court in the last five years.