- Asked by: Margo MacDonald, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 14 February 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by David Steel on 18 February 2000
To ask the Presiding Officer whether the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body will make available to MSPs the building programme/schedule for the Holyrood Project.
Answer
The Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body will report to MSPs at the end of February. The report will include the latest position on programme.
- Asked by: Margo MacDonald, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 14 February 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by David Steel on 18 February 2000
To ask the Presiding Officer when Enric Miralles will next visit Edinburgh in connection with the Holyrood Project.
Answer
EMBT/RMJM is a joint venture company with offices in Edinburgh and Barcelona. Enric Miralles is in Edinburgh regularly to meet Parliament staff and is available as required for all SPCB Holyrood Building meetings. He attended our last meeting this week together with representatives of RMJM.
- Asked by: Margo MacDonald, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 January 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Sam Galbraith on 17 February 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to examine, qualify and register persons working in private and local authority owned fitness centres and gymnasia or as personal trainers in their clients' own homes.
Answer
With financial assistance from sportscotland, Fitness Scotland has set up the National Exercise and Fitness Register which vets, registers and monitors the qualifications of exercise and fitness professionals. The public can therefore check that they are receiving instruction from people who are appropriately qualified.We have no plans at present to introduce a statutory registration scheme but will keep the position under review.
- Asked by: Margo MacDonald, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 04 February 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by David Steel on 16 February 2000
To ask the Presiding Officer by how many weeks the making of concrete moulds and pouring of concrete foundations in the Holyrood Project are behind schedule.
Answer
The work package, which includes the fabrication of concrete moulds and pouring of concrete foundations, is 12 weeks in delay. This is primarily to prevent nugatory expenditure while the feasibility of meeting the Parliament's extra accommodation requirements is being investigated.
- Asked by: Margo MacDonald, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 04 February 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by David Steel on 16 February 2000
To ask the Presiding Officer whether the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body will arrange for Enric Miralles to provide a report to and answer questions from MSPs on the progress and costs of the Holyrood Project on his next visit to Edinburgh.
Answer
Not at present. The Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body is the formal client responsible for the project. We have issued three reports to MSP's and a fourth is in preparation and will be available at the end of the month. I am considering how best MSP's might question and comment on that report.
- Asked by: Margo MacDonald, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 04 February 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by David Steel on 16 February 2000
To ask the Presiding Officer whether the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body will confirm that Queensberry House will not be demolished as part of the Holyrood Project and give a detailed account of what restoration, refurbishment and use is planned for the building, and the costs of this work.
Answer
I refer Ms MacDonald to my answer of 10 December 1999 to her question S1W-3026. The SPCB will shortly report to MSPs as appropriate about progress on the Holyrood Project including aspects of Queensberry House.
- Asked by: Margo MacDonald, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 04 February 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by David Steel on 16 February 2000
To ask the Presiding Officer when the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body expects the Holyrood Project to be in a state of readiness for business and when it expects the Project to be finally completed.
Answer
We are awaiting the outcome of the Design Team's feasibility work on our requirements for additional space. It would be inappropriate to speculate on expected completion dates until the result of this work is known. The SPCB's Report to MSPs of 1 December 1999 stated the Body's intention to report again to MSPs at an appropriate stage, and this will be done at the end of the month.
- Asked by: Margo MacDonald, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 04 February 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by David Steel on 16 February 2000
To ask the Presiding Officer how many times the Royal Fine Art Commission has re-considered the plans for the Holyrood Project.
Answer
There has been a continuing dialogue between the Design Team and the Royal Fine Art Commission for Scotland, and one meeting with the SPCB, about the plans from initial concept through to detailed design. Further meetings will be held as required.
- Asked by: Margo MacDonald, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 21 January 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jim Wallace on 10 February 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will fund a Lothian and Borders Community Policing Team to undertake similar capital city policing duties for Edinburgh as are undertaken by the Metropolitan Police in London.
Answer
The responsibilities of the Metropolitan Police and Lothian and Borders Police are not directly comparable since the Met carry out a range of duties, including protecting the Royal Family, protecting embassies and counter-terrorism activities, on a UK basis. However, the methodology for the distribution of police GAE in Scotland is currently under review including whether there are special factors within individual force areas that need to be taken into account.
- Asked by: Margo MacDonald, MSP for Lothians, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 January 2000
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Current Status:
Answered by Jack McConnell on 9 February 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive how its financial forward planning has been affected by the latest cost estimates for the Holyrood project.
Answer
The costs of the Holyrood project fall largely to be met from the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body's budget.It is a matter for the SPCB to determine its budget requirements.
