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To ask the Scottish Executive what the socio-economic breakdown was of persons convicted of drug offences leading to (a) a non-custodial disposal, (b) imprisonment for a term of under four years and (c) imprisonment for a term of four years or over in each of the last five years.
Stewart Stevenson (Banff and Buchan) (SNP)
To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding it has allocated for (a) judicial pay and (b) increasing the judicial complement in each year since 1999.
Mr Kenny MacAskill (Lothians) (SNP)
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to appoint an inspectorate for the judiciary; if not, how it intends to monitor the performance of judges and sheriffs, and what the reasons are for its position on the matter.
Mr Kenny MacAskill (Lothians) (SNP)
To ask the Scottish Executive how many deaths in custody there were in each of the last 10 years broken down by prison and indicating where these were challenged at the inquest and how many such challenges were successful.
Stewart Stevenson (Banff and Buchan) (SNP)
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with Her Majesty’s Government regarding the proposed new gambling legislation; what representations it has made in respect of Scotland; what the procedures will be for implementing any UK legislation, and what steps it will take to ensure that Scotland’s distinct position is acknowledged and that the Parliament is involved in the process.
Mr Kenny MacAskill (Lothians) (SNP)
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made in establishing an environmental court or an environmental appeals tribunal.
Donald Gorrie (Central Scotland) (LD)
To ask the Scottish Executive what the average waiting time is in each NHS board area for access to drug misuse treatment programmes.
Richard Lochhead (North East Scotland) (SNP)
To ask the Scottish Executive what action is being taken to address the issue of methadone users who continue to take illegal substances.
Mary Scanlon (Highlands and Islands) (Con)
To ask the Scottish Executive what funding is available for the Edinburgh Domestic Violence Probation Project; when, and how, the project will be evaluated; on what basis funding is allocated to the project; whether such funding will be renewed; whether any action will be taken to ensure that the project can continue and manage the numbers being referred to it; how many offenders have been referred to the project in each year since it started, and when all the places on the project were filled.
Mr Kenny MacAskill (Lothians) (SNP)
To ask the Scottish Executive how many criminal networks were disrupted in each year since 1999, broken down by police board area.
Mr Kenny MacAskill (Lothians) (SNP)