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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.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
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Question reference: S2W-02229

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 28 August 2003
Current Status: Answered by Mary Mulligan on 24 September 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made on the proposals for (a) a national consultative group on planning and (b) local planning forums, as identified in Your place, your plan, its proposals for public involvement in the planning system.

Question reference: S2W-02222

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 August 2003
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 24 September 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive what impact technological advances in neonatal patient care have had on the survival rate of babies born in Scotland.

Question reference: S2W-02235

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 28 August 2003
Current Status: Answered by Mary Mulligan on 24 September 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made in producing guidance material to ensure that official consultation responses on planning applications are open to all, as identified in Your place, your plan, its proposals for public involvement in the planning system.

Question reference: S2W-02232

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 28 August 2003
Current Status: Answered by Mary Mulligan on 24 September 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made on its pilot projects with South Lanarkshire Council and Highland Council on investigating ways of modernising the development planning system, as identified in Your place, your plan, its proposals for public involvement in the planning system.

Under thepilot projects, the Hamilton Local Plan in South Lanarkshire and the Wester Ross Local Plan in Highland are progressing well towards publicationof finalised draft plans. The project has helped to support the view that barriersto better plan making relate more to cultural and management issues rather thanlegislation or regulations. Both South Lanarkshire and Highland Councils have considered new ways of engagingwith the public and other stakeholders, including opinion meters and photographiccompetitions, which will be of interest to other authorities.

Question reference: S2W-02231

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 28 August 2003
Current Status: Answered by Mary Mulligan on 24 September 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made on the proposal that reporters for local plan inquiries be appointed independently by its Inquiry Reporters Unit, as identified in Your place, your plan, its proposals for public involvement in the planning system.

Question reference: S2W-02220

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 August 2003
Current Status: Answered by Hugh Henry on 24 September 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Ministerial Working Group on Prostitution will be involved in the development of its proposal to introduce an offence of kerb crawling.

Question reference: S2W-02226

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 28 August 2003
Current Status: Answered by Mary Mulligan on 24 September 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive what the consultation timetable is in respect of Your place, your plan, its proposals for public involvement in the planning system.

Question reference: S2W-02219

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 August 2003
Current Status: Answered by Hugh Henry on 24 September 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive how it will define “kerb crawling” in the development of its proposal to introduce such an offence.

Question reference: S2W-02216

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 August 2003
Current Status: Answered by Hugh Henry on 24 September 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the announcement on the Ministerial Working Group on Prostitution, what the remit and timetable of the group will be.

The Expert Group on Prostitution,chaired by Sandra Hood OBE, will report to ministers on the first stage of theirwork in autumn 2004.

The remit of the group is toreview the legal, policing, health and social justice issues surrounding prostitutionin Scotland and to consider options for the future. Amongst otherissues the group will discuss the eradication of prostitution and exit strategiesfor prostitutes. In addition, the group has been asked to look at the proposalsfor a new offence of kerb crawling.

Question reference: S2W-02230

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 28 August 2003
Current Status: Answered by Mary Mulligan on 24 September 2003

To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made on working with local authorities to produce guidance on neighbour notification, as identified in Your place, your plan, its proposals for public involvement in the planning system.