Section D - Oral questions selected for answer on 08 March 2012
Question Time
General
1. Michael McMahon: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to review the membership and functions of Partnership Action for Continuing Employment. (S4O-00759)
2. David Torrance: To ask the Scottish Executive what involvement it has had with Diageo’s plans to build a bond warehouse and ancillary development on the outskirts of Kirkcaldy. (S4O-00760)
3. Margaret McDougall: To ask the Scottish Executive how many administrative and hotel services staff were employed by NHS Ayrshire and Arran in 2007 compared with 2012. (S4O-00761)
4. Kezia Dugdale: To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to defend and extend the rights of private sector tenants in Edinburgh. (S4O-00762)
5. John Park: To ask the Scottish Executive what mechanisms are in place to ensure that inward investors promote high quality employment opportunities. (S4O-00763)
6. Aileen McLeod: To ask the Scottish Executive when the fuel poverty forum will publish a report on its review. (S4O-00764)
7. Alison McInnes: To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects construction work to commence on the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route. (S4O-00765)
8. Lewis Macdonald: To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects work to begin on the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route and the A90/A96 Haudagain junction. (S4O-00766)
9. David McLetchie: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide an update on the progress made in response to its request to NHS Lothian to carry out an internal audit of the application of its waiting time practices and management. (S4O-00767)
10. Kevin Stewart: To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made in securing a Tax Increment Funding pilot for Aberdeen. (S4O-00768)
Education and Lifelong Learning
1. Mark McDonald: To ask the Scottish Executive when the Commission on the Delivery of Rural Education will report its findings to ministers. (S4O-00769)
2. Patrick Harvie: To ask the Scottish Executive whether young unemployed people are at risk of exploitation. (S4O-00770)
3. Rob Gibson: To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made of the green energy and climate change-related studies offered by colleges and universities and the numbers of students on these. (S4O-00771)
4. Richard Baker [Not Lodged]
5. Graeme Pearson: To ask the Scottish Executive how many schools have indicated a wish to delay the introduction of the new national exams and how it plans to assist these schools. (S4O-00773)
6. Linda Fabiani: To ask the Scottish Executive what input companies can have in the operation of apprenticeship schemes in their areas. (S4O-00774)
7. Malcolm Chisholm: To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made of the availability of supply teachers across the country. (S4O-00775)
8. Colin Beattie: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that the Curriculum for Excellence places sufficient emphasis on preparing young people for a career in business. (S4O-00776)
9. Graeme Dey: To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on the claim by the EIS that “many College Boards of Management have become emasculated by powerful College Executive Groups led by powerful Principals.’’ (S4O-00777)
10. James Kelly: To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with local authorities regarding the implementation of the new exams linked to the Curriculum for Excellence. (S4O-00778)
11. Richard Simpson: To ask the Scottish Executive how many schools in Clackmannanshire, Stirlingshire and Perthshire have asked for further support in implementing the Curriculum for Excellence. (S4O-00779)
12. George Adam: To ask the Scottish Executive how its plan to introduce Scottish Studies in schools is progressing. (S4O-00780)
13. Bill Walker: To ask the Scottish Executive what progress is being made in the training of science and technology teachers. (S4O-00781)
14. Chic Brodie: To ask the Scottish Executive what progress it has made with the development of its Knowledge Transfer/Exchange Strategy. (S4O-00782)
15. Alison Johnstone: To ask the Scottish Executive what action is being taken to ensure that, following the end of parental maternity leave, there is equitable access to early childhood education and care for all children. (S4O-00783)
16. Helen Eadie: To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to improve communication between mainstream schools educating children with autism and their parents. (S4O-00784)
17. Gavin Brown: To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with law students regarding the removal of student loan support for those studying for the Diploma in Professional Legal Practice. (S4O-00785)
18. Jamie McGrigor: To ask the Scottish Executive what support it provides to the University of the Highlands and Islands. (S4O-00786)
19. John Lamont: To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to promote the teaching of major Scottish historical events that have significant anniversaries in 2013 and 2014 in schools. (S4O-00787)
20. Drew Smith: To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to improve the skills base in the economy. (S4O-00788)
Members selected for General and Themed Questions on 15 March 2012
The following members have been randomly selected for General and Themed Question times on the above date. The deadline for lodging the text of questions is 12 noon on Wednesday 7 March 2012. These will then appear in this section of the Business Bulletin on Thursday 8 March 2012.
Question Time
General
1. Dennis Robertson
2. Liam McArthur
3. Annabel Goldie
4. Mary Fee
5. John Pentland
6. Rob Gibson
7. Graeme Pearson
8. Richard Baker
9. Mary Scanlon
10. Margaret McCulloch
Finance, Employment and Sustainable Growth
1. Richard Lyle
2. Margaret McDougall
3. David Torrance
4. Michael McMahon
5. Claire Baker
6. John Park
7. Neil Bibby
8. Margaret Mitchell
9. Kevin Stewart
10. Gil Paterson
11. Bill Walker
12. Alex Fergusson
13. Jamie Hepburn
14. Maureen Watt
15. Clare Adamson
16. James Dornan
17. Annabelle Ewing
18. James Kelly
19. Murdo Fraser
20. Joan McAlpine
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