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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: S3W-29963

Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 10 December 2009
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 14 January 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive what changes have been made in the ministerial activities of the Minister for Housing and Communities to contribute to its climate change targets.

Question reference: S3W-29981

Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 10 December 2009
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 14 January 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive which of its directorates or agencies have a policy to increase the purchase of Fairtrade goods and what the effect of such policies has been in the last two years.

The Scottish Government''s Fair Trade policy is led by the Culture, External Affairs and Tourism Directorate. Across the Scottish Government estate, the staff restaurants sell a range of Fairtrade products and Fairtrade tea, coffee and sugar is used for all internal meetings.

We also provide funding from the International Development Fund to the Scottish Fair Trade Forum, who are responsible for driving forward the Fair Trade Nation campaign across Scotland. A key component of this is raising awareness and increasing the purchase of Fairtrade products, working with schools, universities, faith groups, local authorities and businesses.

The Scottish Fair Trade Forum was established in 2007. Since its inception, good progress has been made in raising awareness of the range of Fairtrade products available and on delivering on Scotland''s Fair Trade Nation campaign. Further details on the progress made against the targets in the Fair Trade Nation criteria can be found in the Scottish Fair Trade Forum''s annual report http://www.scottishfairtradeforum.org.uk/files/SFTF_annual_report_2009.pdf.

Question reference: S3W-29965

Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 10 December 2009
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 14 January 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive what changes have been made in the ministerial activities of the Minister for Enterprise, Energy and Tourism to contribute to its climate change targets.

Question reference: S3W-29967

Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 10 December 2009
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 14 January 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive what changes have been made in the ministerial activities of the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning to contribute to its climate change targets.

Question reference: S3W-29958

Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 10 December 2009
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 14 January 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive what changes have been made in the ministerial activities of the First Minister to contribute to its climate change targets.

The Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 creates the long-term statutory framework for addressing climate change in Scotland, in particular the imperative of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Action is already being taken across many ministerial portfolios to implement the Act''s provisions, including those covering energy, transport, business, agriculture and environment.

The Climate Change Delivery Plan: Meeting Scotland''s Statutory Climate Change Targets, copies of which are available in the Scottish Parliament''s Information Centre (Bib. number 48399), identifies the high level measures necessary to meet Scotland''s emissions reduction targets. The Act requires the Scottish Ministers to publish a report on proposals and policies to meet the annual targets up to 2022 as soon as reasonably practicable after the targets are set in June 2010.

We committed to assessing the carbon impact of the Scottish Government''s spending from 2010-11 and delivered that assessment alongside the draft Budget 2010-11 on 17 September 2009 (available in the Scottish Parliament''s Information Centre, Bib. number 49236).

Question reference: S3W-29971

Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 10 December 2009
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 14 January 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive what changes have been made in the ministerial activities of the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment to contribute to its climate change targets.

Question reference: S3W-29968

Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 10 December 2009
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 14 January 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive what changes have been made in the ministerial activities of the Minister for Children and Early Years to contribute to its climate change targets.

Question reference: S3W-29960

Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 10 December 2009
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 14 January 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive what changes have been made in the ministerial activities of the Minister for Parliamentary Business to contribute to its climate change targets.

Question reference: S3W-29970

Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 10 December 2009
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 14 January 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive what changes have been made in the ministerial activities of the Minister for Community Safety to contribute to its climate change targets.

Question reference: S3W-29962

Asked by: George Foulkes, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 10 December 2009
Current Status: Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 14 January 2010

To ask the Scottish Executive what changes have been made in the ministerial activities of the Minister for Public Health and Sport to contribute to its climate change targets.