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Police force funding allocation
To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding was allocated to each police force in each of the last three years, expressed also on a per capita basis.
Richard Lochhead (North East Scotland) (SNP)
Police numbers
To ask the Scottish Executive how many full-time and part-time police officers there are in the Scottish Police Service and whether it has any plans to publish police officer numbers on a whole time equivalent basis.
Marlyn Glen (North East Scotland) (Lab)
(WQ 5.2.04)
Posted by MM on Fri 6th Feb 2004 at 5:11 pm
To ask the Scottish Executive what the total transportation costs have been for judges in each of the last five years, broken down by mode of transport.
To ask the Scottish Executive what the total cost has been in each of the last five years for out-of-hours transportation services for judges, broken down by mode of transport.
Mr Adam Ingram (South of Scotland) (SNP)
(WQ 3.2.04)
To ask the Scottish Executive whether any revised guidelines for the appointment of Justices of the Peace have been issued to Justice of the Peace Advisory Committees in the last year.
Miss Annabel Goldie (West of Scotland) (Con)
(WS 3.2.04)
To ask the Scottish Executive when the report of the will be published.
Pauline McNeill (Glasgow Kelvin) (Lab)
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to introduce legislation on domestic violence in line with that in England and Wales if the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Bill is passed.
(WS 2.2.04)
To ask the Scottish Executive what differences there will be between Scottish legislation on domestic violence and that in England and Wales if the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Bill is passed at Westminster.
Dr Elaine Murray (Dumfries) (Lab)
Posted by MM on Fri 6th Feb 2004 at 5:03 pm
To ask the Scottish Executive how many summary convictions have been recorded for offences under the Dog Fouling (Scotland) Act 2003, broken down by local authority area.
Christine Grahame (South of Scotland) (SNP)
To ask the Scottish Executive what concerns it has in relation to the 62% of anti-social behaviour orders that result in a perceived improvement in behaviour.
Mary Scanlon (Highlands and Islands) (Con)
To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding it has made available to support its Plan for Action on Alcohol Problems and how much has been distributed to date and to what projects. Donald Gorrie (Central Scotland) (LD)
Posted by MM on Fri 6th Feb 2004 at 4:39 pm“Fresh hope for whisky chiefs over moves to beat fraud: Scotch whisky chiefs were given fresh hope yesterday that the chancellor would scrap plans to impose strip stamps on the industry amid growing confidence that a compromise could be reached. . .” Herald 11.02.04.
“Watchdogs to investigate spirits fraud claims: Claims that fraud is depriving the Treasury of the duty on one in every six bottles of spirits sold are to be investigated by government financial watchdogs, MSPs heard last night [. . .] The move was disclosed by Lewis Macdonald, the deputy enterprise minister, in a Holyrood debate on proposals for a scheme which would require all bottles of whisky and other spirits to come with a strip stamp to prove all taxes and duties have been paid. . .” Scotsman
See also
Scottish Parliament. Scotch Whisky (Tax Stamps) debate. 5.2.04.
Posted by MM on Fri 6th Feb 2004 at 2:41 pm“Executive deaf to call for internet porn study: Urgent calls for a renewed study into links between on-line pornography and violent crime were dismissed by the Scottish Executive last night, a day after the conviction of an internet-obsessed Scot for murder. . .” Scotsman
Posted by MM on Fri 6th Feb 2004 at 2:39 pm