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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)
  • Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

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  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
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Question reference: S2W-07430

  • Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 02 April 2004
  • Current Status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 4 May 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is in respect of the use by the Deer Commission for Scotland of emergency powers under the Deer (Scotland) Act 1996 to effect the mass cull of deer; whether it is seeking any information from the commission regarding the recent use of such powers at Glenfeshie; whether it will consider the introduction of a moratorium pending a full investigation of the issues involved, and whether, in particular, it will instruct the commission not to implement any further mass cull without a debate in the Parliament where the issues can be fully explored.

Question reference: S2W-07428

  • Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 02 April 2004
  • Current Status: Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 4 May 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-7089 by Ms Patricia Ferguson on 1 April 2004 and the further supplementary statement (WS-19-005 to 008) to the Holyrood Inquiry by the Chief Executive of the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service and Head of Legal and Parliamentary Services, whether "relevant documentation" includes reports made by the Chief Executive of the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service and Head of Legal and Parliamentary Services regarding the Holyrood Progress Group to the (a) Minister for Parliamentary Business and the predecessor minister and (b) First Minister and, if so, whether such reports will be published and on what dates the reports were made.

Question reference: S2W-07434

  • Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 02 April 2004
  • Current Status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 4 May 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Deer Commission for Scotland has outlined to the Executive its reasons for not supporting deer fencing as an effective method of protecting trees; if not, whether this contributed to emergency measures to cull deer being taken, and whether the commission has acted upon advice in respect of appropriate practice in adopting certain types of fencing.

Question reference: S2W-07432

  • Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 02 April 2004
  • Current Status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 4 May 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has requested a report from the Deer Commission for Scotland in respect of the mass cull of deer in Glenfeshie; whether any such report will consider whether the commission acted properly and legally at all times and, if so, what independent opinion will be sought to inform such a report.

Question reference: S2W-07431

  • Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 02 April 2004
  • Current Status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 4 May 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is satisfied that proper practices have been followed in respect of the mass cull of deer at Glenfeshie, and whether it will seek an independent opinion in respect of the commission's actions.

Question reference: S2W-07437

  • Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 02 April 2004
  • Current Status: Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 4 May 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive whether all correspondence with the Holyrood Inquiry regarding the evidence of the First Minister to the inquiry will be published.

Question reference: S2W-07429

  • Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 02 April 2004
  • Current Status: Answered by Patricia Ferguson on 4 May 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive whether the reports to the First Minister referred to in evidence to the Holyrood Inquiry by the Chief Executive of the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service and Head of Legal and Parliamentary Services included information on the rising costs of the Holyrood Project and, if so, when such reports were made.

Question reference: S2W-07426

  • Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Friday, 02 April 2004
  • Current Status: Answered by Ross Finnie on 4 May 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will address the concerns of west coast prawn and scallop fishermen in relation to the "designated ports" process that applies in relation to landing haddock under the latest cod recovery programme.

Question reference: S2O-02149

  • Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 April 2004
  • Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 29 April 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on whether there should be no reduction of services at the Belford Hospital, Fort William.

Question reference: S2W-07193

  • Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 March 2004
  • Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 20 April 2004

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-11086 by Angus MacKay on 23 November 2000, whether it will (a) provide an up-to-date list of the public sector capital projects involving private finance (i) completed, (ii) planned and (iii) under way, giving both the start and estimated completion dates, (b) detail the total estimated capital investment included in the projects, (c) detail the annual public expenditure required to service these projects in both cash and real terms for each year of the life of the projects and (d) give the total lifetime cost of the projects, shown individually and by sector in both cash and real terms.