Section D - Oral questions selected for answer on 15 December 2011
Question Time
General
1. Linda Fabiani: To ask the Scottish Executive what initiatives there are to raise awareness of the symptoms of ovarian cancer to allow early diagnosis and treatment. (S4O-00479)
2. Murdo Fraser: To ask the Scottish Executive when it will publish a detailed timetable for the A9 upgrading works between Perth and Inverness. (S4O-00480)
3. George Adam: To ask the Scottish Executive how it helps people with long-term medical conditions. (S4O-00481)
4. Margaret Mitchell: To ask the Scottish Executive what it is doing to improve the early identification of adults who are survivors of childhood sexual abuse. (S4O-00482)
5. Margo MacDonald: To ask the Scottish Executive, in order to inform voters ahead of the proposed independence referendum, when it will publish its position on the issues that are currently reserved. (S4O-00483)
6. Sarah Boyack: To ask the Scottish Executive when it will publish its response to the investigation by NHS Lothian of so-called hidden waiting lists. (S4O-00484)
7. John Mason: To ask the Scottish Executive when a decision will be made regarding the location of the headquarters of the proposed single police force. (S4O-00485)
8. Maureen Watt: To ask the Scottish Executive what recent discussions it has had with the police and judicial services in the Grampian force area. (S4O-00486)
9. Patrick Harvie: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that there is adequate winter resilience preparation across the country. (S4O-00487)
10. Richard Simpson: To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to protect children and young adults from measles, in light of reports of a substantial rise in the number of cases in the south of England and across Europe. (S4O-00488)
Finance, Employment and Sustainable Growth
1. Malcolm Chisholm: To ask the Scottish Executive what success it is having in increasing employment opportunities. (S4O-00489)
2. Kevin Stewart: To ask the Scottish Executive when the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Employment and Sustainable Growth last met the leader of Aberdeen City Council. (S4O-00490)
3. Jim Eadie: Not Lodged
4. Duncan McNeil: To ask the Scottish Executive what it is doing to create jobs in Inverclyde. (S4O-00492)
5. Richard Baker: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will reassess its growth forecasts in light of the revised forecasts for UK growth by the Office for Budget Responsibility. (S4O-00493)
6. Hugh Henry: Not Lodged
7. Stewart Maxwell: To ask the Scottish Executive how many businesses are receiving financial support from the small business bonus scheme. (S4O-00495)
8. Bob Doris: To ask the Scottish Executive how its capital investment in Glasgow will assist in both sustaining and creating employment. (S4O-00496)
9. Colin Keir: To ask the Scottish Executive how it is helping small businesses to ensure that they remain at the heart of local communities in the current economic climate. (S4O-00497)
10. David Stewart: To ask the Scottish Executive what actions it is planning to stimulate domestic use of solar panels. (S4O-00498)
11. Jackie Baillie: To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will maintain the level of council tax benefit going to local authorities in any revised system from April 2013, despite a 10% reduction in the funding transferred by the UK Government. (S4O-00499)
12. Joe FitzPatrick: To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to boost economic growth through capital spending. (S4O-00500)
13. Alex Johnstone: To ask the Scottish Executive when it will provide strategic guidance on the siting of wind farms. (S4O-00501)
14. Rob Gibson: To ask the Scottish Executive whether part of the funding from the fossil fuel levy account can be applied to reducing energy demand. (S4O-00502)
15. Jean Urquhart: To ask the Scottish Executive what action it will take to improve employment opportunities in small and micro businesses in the Highlands and Islands. (S4O-00503)
16. Bill Kidd: To ask the Scottish Executive what the expected impact on employment and economic growth is of the finance that it has committed to renewables projects. (S4O-00504)
17. Marco Biagi: To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on a hotel bed levy as considered by the City of Edinburgh Council. (S4O-00505)
18. David Torrance: To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it is taking to assist local firms in securing government and other public service contracts. (S4O-00506)
19. Anne McTaggart: To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to encourage growth in credit union membership. (S4O-00507)
20. Jenny Marra: To ask the Scottish Executive how it will use the £70 million National Renewables Infrastructure Fund to boost investment. (S4O-00508)
Members selected for General and Themed Questions on 22 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 14 December 2011. These will then appear in this section of the Business Bulletin on Thursday 15 December 2011.
Question Time
General
1. Elaine Smith
2. Roderick Campbell
3. Clare Adamson
4. Margaret Burgess
5. Neil Bibby
6. Alex Fergusson
7. Maureen Watt
8. Bill Kidd
9. Johann Lamont
10. Richard Simpson
Rural Affairs and the Environment
1. Gil Paterson
2. Gordon Macdonald
3. Bill Walker
4. Humza Yousaf
5. Claudia Beamish
6. Liam McArthur
7. Marco Biagi
8. James Kelly
9. Jenny Marra
10. Angus MacDonald
Justice and the Law Officers
1. John Lamont
2. David Stewart
3. John Scott
4. Hanzala Malik
5. Rhoda Grant
6. Richard Lyle
7. Graeme Pearson
8. Margaret McDougall
9. Joe Fitzpatrick
10. Colin Keir