- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 28 February 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will clarify the position if there is a dispute or objection to a land use matter arising from a good neighbour agreement.
Answer
Scottish ministers would only become involved in individual good neighbour agreements in the event of one party appealing to them following a failure to agree modifications to an agreement locally.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 28 February 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there will be a notification procedure for good neighbour agreements.
Answer
There are no proposals for a notification procedure for entering into good neighbour agreements.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 28 February 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will clarify the position if the provisions of any good neighbour agreement conflict with the aims of a local authority.
Answer
The scope of good neighbour agreements will be as set out in the Planning etc. (Scotland) Bill, however guidance on the preparation of such agreements will be issued before the commencement of the new provisions.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 28 February 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive to which elected body the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland is accountable.
Answer
The Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland (ACPOS) is the collective organisation of Chief Constables, Deputy Chief Constables and Assistant Chief Constables serving in Scotland. Formally a staff association, ACPOS is not accountable to any elected body.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 28 February 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has on whether legislation will be forthcoming to extend the new gender equality duty to the private sector.
Answer
The Scottish Executive currently has no information as to whether legislation will be forthcoming to extend the new gender duty to the private sector. However, where a private contractor delivers a service on behalf of the public sector, the contractor will be performing a “public function” and therefore will be subject to the duty and be responsible for complying with it. This is a complex matter and guidance will be issued by the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) in due course.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 28 February 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive who will be responsible for maintaining any form of community land use negotiated under a good neighbour agreement.
Answer
The agreement should set out the responsibilities of all parties to the agreement. The key land use issues associated with a development will continue to be addressed under the terms of the planning permission, and enforced by the planning authority.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 23 February 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether, in light of the recent pilot scheme for sign video relay service (SIGNVRS) technology launched in London whereby a small device attached to a videophone can enable deaf people to make phone calls using British sign language, it will consider launching such a pilot scheme in Glasgow.
Answer
The Scottish Executive is committed to linguistic access for Deaf people in Scotland and has noted the development of the SIGNVRS scheme.
We have no plans at present to launch such a pilot scheme in Scotland. However, we are aware of the interest in the use of sign video relay technology and will explore with our BSL and Linguistic Access Working Group how we might learn from this development.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 January 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Johann Lamont on 22 February 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider reinstating the ability of local authorities to recover money spent on enforcement of planning regulations which was removed by the Building (Scotland) Act 2003.
Answer
The Building (Scotland) Act 2003 has not affected planning enforcement. In relation to building regulations, powers exist under the act which enable local authorities to recover expenses incurred on enforcement.
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 21 February 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it has spent on advertising through the Newsquest group in each of the last five years.
Answer
The Executive advertising spend with the Newsquest Group is as follows:
| Financial Year | Spend |
| 2003-04 | £107,512 |
| 2004-05 | £107,208 |
| 2005-06 (to 31 January 2006) | £49,550 |
| Total | £264,270 |
- Asked by: Sandra White, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 02 February 2006
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Current Status:
Answered by Tom McCabe on 21 February 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it has spent on advertising in the Evening Times in each of the last five years.
Answer
The Executive advertising spend with the
Evening Times is as follows:
| Financial Year | Spend |
| 2002-03 (1 January to 31 March 2003) | £37,620 |
| 2003-04 | £45,054 |
| 2004-05 | £27,855 |
| 2005-06 (to 31 January 2006) | £12,791 |
| Total | £123,320 |
