Question Time
General
1. Paul Wheelhouse: Not Lodged
2. Nanette Milne: Not Lodged
3. Graeme Pearson: To ask the Scottish Executive what criteria it uses to determine the allocation of funds for the Sex Offender Treatment Programme in prisons. (S4O-00451)
4. Nigel Don: To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to protect communities from flooding. (S4O-00452)
5. Liam McArthur: To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with Orkney Islands Council since May 2011 in relation to the replacement of Orkney’s internal ferry fleet. (S4O-00453)
6. Gordon MacDonald: To ask the Scottish Executive when it last met the UK Government to discuss the Welfare Reform Bill and what issues were discussed. (S4O-00454)
7. Margaret McCulloch: To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance it issues to NHS boards on the provision of x-ray services. (S4O-00455)
8. Helen Eadie: To ask the Scottish Executive what provision there is in the Scotrail franchise agreement that ensures consultation with the public on proposed timetabling changes. (S4O-00456)
9. Claire Baker: To ask the Scottish Executive when the Minister for Housing and Transport last met with senior officials from ScotRail. (S4O-00457)
10. Christina McKelvie: Not Lodged
Education and Lifelong Learning
1. Margaret McDougall: To ask the Scottish Executive what additional funding it will provide to colleges that deliver higher education courses. (S4O-00459)
2. Paul Martin: To ask the Scottish Executive when the Scottish Funding Council will provide indicative funding levels for colleges. (S4O-00460)
3. John Scott: To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it is taking to tackle the increase in dropout rate at some Scottish universities. (S4O-00461)
4. John Park: To ask the Scottish Executive which modern apprenticeship programmes have the highest drop-out rates in their first year. (S4O-00462)
5. Colin Keir: To ask the Scottish Executive what progress it is making in introducing the 1+2 modern languages model. (S4O-00463)
6. Mark Griffin: To ask the Scottish Executive how it will assist further education colleges to avoid compulsory redundancies. (S4O-00464)
7. David Stewart: To ask the Scottish Executive what progress there has been in relocating Inverness College to the Beechwood Campus. (S4O-00465)
8. Maureen Watt: To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on the use of pupil-owned technology in the delivery of education in schools. (S4O-00466)
9. Jamie McGrigor: To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to promote the teaching of foreign languages in schools. (S4O-00467)
10. Mike MacKenzie: To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it is taking to ensure that the quality of further education is being maintained in rural areas. (M MacKenzie) (S4O-00468)
11. Richard Simpson: To ask the Scottish Executive how it plans to address the shortage of short-term supply teachers as reported in TES Scotland on 11 November 2011. (S4O-00469)
12. Joe FitzPatrick: To ask the Scottish Executive what the average fees will be for non-domestic students attending a university in Scotland in 2012-13. (S4O-00470)
13. Neil Bibby: Not Lodged
14. David Torrance: To ask the Scottish Executive what progress is being made towards encouraging cooperation and partnership between further education colleges. (S4O-00472)
15. Clare Adamson: To ask the Scottish Executive to clarify how it will ensure that access to university places is widened. (S4O-00473)
16. Mary Fee: To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have used the Independent Learning Account in the last financial year. (S4O-00474)
17. Adam Ingram: To ask the Scottish Executive what progress Ayrshire colleges have made in implementing post-16 education reforms. (S4O-00475)
18. James Dornan: To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with colleges about future budget settlements. (S4O-00476)
19. Gavin Brown: To ask the Scottish Executive when it last met with Skills Development Scotland. (Gavin Brown) (S4O-00477)
20. Neil Findlay: To ask the Scottish Executive when the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning last met NUS Scotland and what was discussed. (S4O-00478)
Members selected for General and Themed Questions on 15 December 2011
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 12 noon on Wednesday 7 December 2011. These will then appear in this section of the Business Bulletin on Thursday 8 December 2011.
Question Time
General
1. Linda Fabiani
2. Murdo Fraser
3. George Adam
4. Margaret Mitchell
5. Margo MacDonald
6. Sarah Boyack
7. John Mason
8. Maureen Watt
9. Patrick Harvie
10. Richard Simpson
Finance, Employment and Sustainable Growth
1. Malcolm Chisholm
2. Kevin Stewart
3. Jim Eadie
4. Duncan McNeil
5. Richard Baker
6. Hugh Henry
7. Stewart Maxwell
8. Bob Doris
9. Colin Keir
10. David Stewart
11. Jackie Baillie
12. Joe FitzPatrick
13. Alex Johnstone
14. Rob Gibson
15. Jean Urquhart
16. Bill Kidd
17. Marco Biagi
18. David Torrance
19. Anne McTaggart
20. Jenny Marra
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