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Reference	Item	MSP	Type	Date (desc)
S1M-04065	Parliament Staff	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Motion Standard Motion	26 Mar 2003
S1O-06660	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any emergency plans in respect of the termination on 31 March 2003 of an employment programme for 300 people by the East End Partnership Ltd and Glasgow Ac	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question General Question	20 Mar 2003
S1W-33910	To ask the Scottish Executive what the current position is regarding reviewing the availability of grants under section 54 of the Housing Act 1988 that are presently paid to registered social landlor	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	21 Feb 2003
S1W-33950	To ask the Presiding Officer how many hits there have been on each of the Parliament's interactive discussion boards on the internet.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question SPCB Written Question	20 Feb 2003
S1W-33860	To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance has been issued to the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service about the prosecution of environmental cases.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	19 Feb 2003
S1W-33859	To ask the Scottish Executive how many cases referred to the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) the service has declined to proceed with i	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	19 Feb 2003
S1W-33858	To ask the Scottish Executive how many cases have been referred by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency to the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service in each year since its inception.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	19 Feb 2003
S1W-33909	To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been paid in each of the last five years to registered social landlords in grants under section 54 of the Housing Act 1988 to offset corporation tax liabilit	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	18 Feb 2003
S1W-33861	To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance has been issued to the Scottish Environment Protection Agency about the prosecution of environmental cases.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	18 Feb 2003
S1W-33857	To ask the Scottish Executive how much public funding has been allocated to the Scottish Environment Protection Agency in each year since its inception.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	18 Feb 2003
S1W-33856	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to give the Scottish Environment Protection Agency any additional powers in order to improve its ability to become more involved in environmental regulat	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	18 Feb 2003
S1W-33855	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to give the Scottish Environment Protection Agency any additional powers in order to improve its ability to become more involved in the planning process,	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	18 Feb 2003
S1M-03906	End Pro-War Spin	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Motion Standard Motion	14 Feb 2003
S1W-33456	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-20100 by Malcolm Chisholm on 8 January 2002, when the results of the randomised controlled trial to evaluate a specialist nurse-led	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	03 Feb 2003
S1W-31926	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to encourage shorthand and other forms of speed writing in schools and colleges.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	09 Jan 2003
S1W-31859	To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment has been made of the Good Neighbour Agreement between Dundee City Council, Dundee Energy Recycling Limited, Friends of the Earth Scotland and local commu	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	11 Dec 2002
S1W-32052	To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been spent in each year since 1998 by each local authority on section 13 payments under the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	10 Dec 2002
S1W-31927	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will invite the Health Technology Board for Scotland to consider the availability of MSPs to attend its seminars and briefings on Health Technology Assessments	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	06 Dec 2002
S1W-31860	To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance has been issued to local authorities in relation to the power to make payments under section 13 of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	03 Dec 2002
S1W-31858	To ask the Scottish Executive how much money has been allocated to (a) the Scottish Environment Protection Agency and (b) any other organisations in relation to the Good Neighbour Agreement between Du	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	03 Dec 2002
S1W-31857	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answers to questions S1W-29496 and S1W-29959 by Allan Wilson on 25 September and 9 October 2002, how much has been allocated to the Scottish Environment P	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	03 Dec 2002
S1W-31825	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-29959 by Allan Wilson on 9 October 2002, whether there will be an announcement in November 2002 about progress in the preparation o	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	03 Dec 2002
S1W-31201	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1O-5350 by Malcolm Chisholm on 20 June 2002, what Health Technology Board for Scotland Comments on National Institute for Clinical Exc	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	13 Nov 2002
S1M-03564	Congratulations to Titanic Historian	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Motion Standard Motion	12 Nov 2002
S1W-30202	To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to assist the victims of the flooding in the east end of Glasgow.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	04 Nov 2002
S1W-30293	To ask the Scottish Executive whether there are any plans to increase spending on flood prevention following the press statement of 26 September 2002 by the Association of British Insurers on flood in	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	18 Oct 2002
S1W-30204	To ask the Scottish Executive when it intends to make an announcement concerning its discussions with Her Majesty's Government in regard to people who were affected by the recent flooding in the east	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	17 Oct 2002
S1W-30203	To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions have taken place with the Department for Work and Pensions concerning the provision of assistance to victims of the flooding in the east end of Glasgow.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	17 Oct 2002
S1M-03472	Use of the Holyrood Building as a Full Public Facility	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Motion Standard Motion	08 Oct 2002
S1O-05680	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to meet Glasgow Housing Association and Glasgow City Council concerning the timetable for the proposed Glasgow housing stock transfer.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question General Question	03 Oct 2002
S1W-29555	To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with the Glasgow Housing Association regarding the impact on its future capital programme of the recent decision by Glasgow City Council to fi	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	02 Oct 2002
S1W-29554	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to give financial assistance to Glasgow City Council to tackle the cost of the recent flooding in the city.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	02 Oct 2002
S1W-29553	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has received any representations from Glasgow City Council in respect of the recent flooding in the east end of Glasgow.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	02 Oct 2002
S1M-03385	Arnold Kemp	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Motion Standard Motion	11 Sep 2002
S1W-27851	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-26671 by Malcolm Chisholm on 25 June 2002, when the two new immunology consultants are expected to take up their posts and where ea	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	10 Sep 2002
S1M-03339	Thanks to Billy Connolly	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Motion Standard Motion	03 Sep 2002
S1W-28142	To ask the Scottish Executive on what grounds a person may be excluded from joining the committee of (a) a local housing steering group, (b) a local housing organisation, (c) a housing association and	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	02 Sep 2002
S1M-03334	Save the Planet Summit	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Motion Standard Motion	30 Aug 2002
S1W-28141	To ask the Scottish Executive what measures are available to any person excluded from joining the committee of (a) a local housing steering group, (b) a local housing organisation, (c) a housing assoc	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	29 Aug 2002
S1W-28140	To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) local housing steering groups have been established in Glasgow, (b) such steering groups have a full compliment of members, (c) Glasgow City Council tenants	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	29 Aug 2002
S1W-28139	To ask the Scottish Executive how many local housing organisations in Glasgow have been registered with Communities Scotland.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	29 Aug 2002
S1W-28138	To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance has been produced to assist steering groups in Glasgow that are trying to register as local housing organisations with Communities Scotland.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	29 Aug 2002
S1W-28137	To ask the Scottish Executive what type of model constitution is being used by steering groups in Glasgow that are trying to register as local housing organisations with Communities Scotland.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	29 Aug 2002
S1W-28068	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to investigate any low rates of pay and different conditions applying to Sodexho ancilliary staff in hospitals compared with NHS staff.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	27 Aug 2002
S1W-27865	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-22468 by Malcolm Chisholm on 12 February 2002, whether it and the Common Services Agency have completed their exploration of the cr	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	21 Aug 2002
S1W-27854	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-23179 by Malcolm Chisholm on 5 March 2002, why all data in the Account Commission's report on bank and agency nursing staff was ano	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	20 Aug 2002
S1W-27853	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-23727 by Malcolm Chisholm on 11 February 2002, whether Capecitabine has been approved by the Greater Glasgow Area Drug and Therapeu	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	20 Aug 2002
S1W-27852	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-26631 by Malcolm Chisholm on 24 June 2002, which Comment the Health Technology Board for Scotland will review in the light of new e	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	20 Aug 2002
S1M-03303	Flood Victims in Glasgow	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Motion Standard Motion	12 Aug 2002
S1O-06399	To ask the Scottish Executive what action it plans to take following the decision of the European Parliament's Petitions Committee to call for the closure of the cattle incinerator in Carntyne, Glasgo	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question General Question	27 Jul 2002
S1W-26867	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to support the national pay campaign by the Fire Brigades Union and what assessment it has made of poverty levels amongst firefighters and other	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	05 Jul 2002
S1W-26868	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-22468 by Malcolm Chisholm on 12 February 2002, what efforts have been made towards the creation of a combined community and hospita	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	02 Jul 2002
S1W-26676	To ask the Scottish Executive whether there are any plans for a Scottish equivalent of the Action On Dermatology programme in order to address any under-investment in dermatological services and wheth	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	25 Jun 2002
S1W-26675	To ask the Scottish Executive what extra provision will be made available for dermatological teaching in the light of evidence from the British Association of Dermatologists that 15% of all GP consult	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	25 Jun 2002
S1W-26674	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to ensure availability of day care beds and full ranges of antibiotics for all allergy clinics.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	25 Jun 2002
S1W-26673	To ask the Scottish Executive what initiatives are under way in order to ensure the right of the public to clean air that is free of contaminants.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	25 Jun 2002
S1W-26672	To ask the Scottish Executive what action it plans to take in order to prevent any geographical disparity of medical service availability should any NHS board in the west of Scotland not assign adequa	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	25 Jun 2002
S1W-26671	To ask the Scottish Executive what plans there are for extending allergy services across Scotland.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	25 Jun 2002
S1W-26670	To ask the Scottish Executive what steps have been taken in order to implement proposals made by the Scottish Medical and Scientific Advisory Committee in September 2000 regarding immunology and aller	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	25 Jun 2002
S1W-26669	To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made regarding funding for the Glasgow Western Infirmary Allergy Clinic.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	25 Jun 2002
S1W-26610	To ask the Scottish Executive whether the recent Comment delivered by the Health Technology Board for Scotland (HTBS) on the National Institute of Clinical Excellence guidance for restricting the use	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	25 Jun 2002
S1W-26633	To ask the Scottish Executive whether Comment delivered by the Health Technology Board for Scotland (HTBS) on National Institute of Clinical Excellence guidance is valid given that the HTBS is not a c	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	24 Jun 2002
S1W-26632	To ask the Scottish Executive what procedures the Health Technology Board for Scotland has put in place in regard to its own Health Technology Assessments.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	24 Jun 2002
S1W-26631	To ask the Scottish Executive what appeal procedures are in place in regard to the Health Technology Board for Scotland delivering its Comment to the National Institute of Clinical Excellence guidanc	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	24 Jun 2002
S1W-25336	To ask the Scottish Executive what plans there are to undertake a needs analysis of chronic pain services.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	21 Jun 2002
S1W-25334	To ask the Scottish Executive when the audit of chronic pain services will be published.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	21 Jun 2002
S1M-03213	Faslane Peace Camp	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Motion Standard Motion	13 Jun 2002
S1O-05350	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to bring in an appeals procedure in relation to Comments delivered by the Health Technology Board of Scotland on National Institute of Clinical E	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question General Question	13 Jun 2002
S1W-26373	To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made in discovering the causes of amnesic shellfish poisoning.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	11 Jun 2002
S1W-25340	To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) cases have been referred to procurator fiscal offices and (b) prosecutions have taken place under sections 51 and 52 of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	17 May 2002
S1W-25341	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to review the effectiveness and implementation of sections 51 and 52 of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 on the display of obscene mater	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	08 May 2002
S1W-25339	To ask the Scottish Executive what the arrangements will be for HM Treasury writing off Glasgow City Council's Housing debt and when this debt would be written off.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	08 May 2002
S1W-25338	To ask the Scottish Executive what assessments have been conducted into the current provision of services for chronic pain sufferers outside hospital settings.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	08 May 2002
S1W-25337	To ask the Scottish Executive what range of services are currently available in each NHS board area to assist chronic pain sufferers and whether these services offer (a) multi-disciplinary and (b) in-	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	08 May 2002
S1W-25335	To ask the Scottish Executive what assessments have been conducted into the services required to assist chronic pain sufferers.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	08 May 2002
S1W-25086	To ask the Scottish Executive whether there are any plans to alter the current practice of local licensing boards in respect of street trader licences whereby a reason does not have to be given for re	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	29 Apr 2002
S1W-23727	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-22150 by Malcolm Chisholm on 11 February 2002 on the availability of drugs to clinicians, whether Capecitabine for metastatic color	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	29 Apr 2002
S1W-23189	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-22141 by Malcolm Chisholm on 11 February 2002, when information from the Implementation Group established to take forward its Actio	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	26 Mar 2002
S1W-23777	To ask the Scottish Executive whether the availability in the west of Scotland of capecitabine for the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer is constrained by any budgetary considerations.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	20 Mar 2002
S1W-23728	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will undertake a review of the recommendations set out in The Account Commission for Scotland's report Temporary Measures - Managing Bank and Agency Nursing St	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	18 Mar 2002
S1W-23187	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has implemented any of the recommendations contained in The Accounts Commission for Scotland's report Temporary Measures - Managing Bank and Agency Nursing Sta	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	15 Mar 2002
S1W-22469	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-21522 by Malcolm Chisholm on 21 January 2002, whether it will undertake to gather and hold centrally information concerning drugs d	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	11 Mar 2002
S1W-22151	To ask the Scottish Executive whether consideration has been given to the mandatory use by NHS boards of new drugs and devices in circumstances where patients are clinically suitable and for which gu	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	11 Mar 2002
S1W-23621	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-4965 by Susan Deacon on 17 March 2000 on the steps taken by the Scottish Partnership Forum (SPF) on the employment of bank and agen	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	07 Mar 2002
S1W-23620	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-22137 by Malcolm Chisholm on 11 February 2002, whether the increases in the use of temporary nursing staff, including bank and agen	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	07 Mar 2002
S1W-23193	To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to include bank nursing staff in the collection of data on the number of temporary staff employed by the NHS in Scotland.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	07 Mar 2002
S1W-23192	To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to centralise information on the number of bank and contract nursing staff employed by NHS health boards.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	07 Mar 2002
S1W-23191	To ask the Scottish Executive which NHS trusts and health boards have introduced a whistle-blowing policy to protect staff who disclose information about malpractice or maladministration in line with	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	07 Mar 2002
S1W-23190	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-22137 by Malcolm Chisholm on 11 February 2002, whether the increase in agency nursing and recharge staff costs has contributed to t	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	07 Mar 2002
S1W-23188	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-22137 by Malcolm Chisholm on 11 February 2002 on the employment of bank and agency nursing staff, whether the North Glasgow Univers	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	07 Mar 2002
S1W-23186	To ask the Scottish Executive why NHS trusts in the central belt spend an average of eight times as much on agency nursing staff than trusts elsewhere.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	07 Mar 2002
S1W-23184	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will include the number of bank nursing staff employed by the NHS in the monitoring carried out by the Information and Statistics Division on the use of tempor	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	07 Mar 2002
S1W-23183	To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it will take to help the eight NHS Trusts with accumulated deficits of #53.9 million in 2000-01.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	07 Mar 2002
S1W-23182	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-22140 by Malcolm Chisholm on 11 February 2002 on the fall in the number of cases of negligence against the NHS in Scotland, whether	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	07 Mar 2002
S1W-23619	To ask the Scottish Executive when Audit Scotland issued its guidance to NHS trusts on the use of agency nursing staff and whether the 18% increase in the use of agency nursing staff in 1997-98 was co	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	05 Mar 2002
S1W-23179	To ask the Scottish Executive which NHS trust was unable to provide The Accounts Commission for Scotland with data from its local audit for the year 1997-98 concerning its expenditure on bank and agen	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	05 Mar 2002
S1W-23178	To ask the Scottish Executive why only 22 trusts provided information to Audit Scotland on the amount spent on bank and agency nursing between 1995-96 and 1997-98.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	05 Mar 2002
S1W-23177	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-22137 by Malcolm Chisholm on 11 February 2002 on the compliance of NHS trusts with guidance from Audit Scotland on the employment o	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	05 Mar 2002
S1M-02597	Plight of Chronic Pain Patients	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Motion Members' Business Motion	27 Feb 2002
S1W-22802	To ask the Scottish Executive what the total bill was for the NHS of employing agency nursing staff in (a) 1998-99, (b) 1999-2000, and (c) 2000-01.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	20 Feb 2002
S1W-22801	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-20103 by Malcolm Chisholm on 9 January 2002, when it will be able to provide the information sought on the number of trainee radiog	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	20 Feb 2002
S1W-22800	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-20103 by Malcolm Chisholm on 9 January 2002, when it will announce whether the 10 new cancer treatment consultant posts announced b	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	20 Feb 2002
S1W-22799	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-20103 by Malcolm Chisholm on 9 January 2002, why the information requested regarding whether the 10 extra cancer treatment consulta	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	20 Feb 2002
S1W-22674	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-21522 by Malcolm Chisholm on 21 January 2002, why, if Hercepetin is currently supported by NHS Greater Glasgow and by other NHS boa	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	15 Feb 2002
S1O-04665	To ask the Scottish Executive how it will ensure that there is no "postcode prescribing" of Herceptin to clinically suitable patients for the treatment of secondary breast cancer in Glasgow.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question General Question	14 Feb 2002
S1W-22468	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-21522 by Malcolm Chisholm on 21 January 2002, why data on drugs dispensed in hospitals is not held centrally, given that a central	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	12 Feb 2002
S1W-22467	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-21523 by Malcolm Chisholm on 21 January 2002 and given that local management in NHS Greater Glasgow supports the use of Herceptin f	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	12 Feb 2002
S1W-22466	To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of the #15 million Department of Health funding for the National Translational Cancer Research Network (NTRAC), whether any funding is being made available to h	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	12 Feb 2002
S1W-22465	To ask the Scottish Executive what information it has received from the National Translational Cancer Research Network (NTRAC) about any plans to extend NTRAC in order to include centres of scientific	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	12 Feb 2002
S1W-22464	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to assist patients in accessing new and experimental treatments in advance of any appraisals and guidelines on such treatments issued by the Nati	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	12 Feb 2002
S1W-22463	To ask the Scottish Executive what plans the Health Technology Board for Scotland has to issue guidance on Herceptin to NHS boards prior to the publication of any National Institute of Clinical Excell	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	12 Feb 2002
S1W-22462	To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Health Technology Board for Scotland (HTBS) (a) has access to evidence submitted in respect of technology appraisals by the National Institute for Clinical Ex	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	12 Feb 2002
S1W-22461	To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Health Technology Board for Scotland is a consultee in the technology appraisal process of the National Institute of Clinical Excellence and, if so, whether i	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	12 Feb 2002
S1W-22137	To ask the Scottish Executive whether the rise in agency nursing and recharged staff costs from #7,619,000 in 1999-2000 to #13,513,000 in 2000-2001 which has been incurred by the North Glasgow Univer	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	11 Feb 2002
S1W-22152	To ask the Scottish Executive why Capecitabine is currently not available to cancer patients in hospitals in the west of Glasgow.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	05 Feb 2002
S1W-22150	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to instruct NHS boards to make any drugs available to clinicians before such drugs have been approved by the National Institute for Clinical Exce	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	05 Feb 2002
S1W-22149	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to recruit more staff to the Health Technology Board for Scotland on an annual salary above #35,000.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	05 Feb 2002
S1W-22148	To ask the Scottish Executive whether all of the 25 Health Technology Assessments (HTAs) due to be conducted by the Health Technology Board for Scotland by December 2006 will be based solely on new dr	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	05 Feb 2002
S1W-22147	To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Health Technology Board for Scotland's target of conducting 25 Health Technology Assessments (HTAs) by December 2006 is adequate and whether these HTAs will b	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	05 Feb 2002
S1W-22146	To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Health Technology Board for Scotland is adequately informing the public and clinical communities about all stages of its assessment processes.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	05 Feb 2002
S1W-22145	To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to ensure that the Health Technology Board for Scotland conducts independent Health Technology Assessments (HTAs) rather than adapting HTAs for use with	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	05 Feb 2002
S1W-22144	To ask the Scottish Executive what action it will take to identify any barriers which may exist in connection with the involvement of the public in the Health Technology Board for Scotland.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	05 Feb 2002
S1W-22143	To ask the Scottish Executive when the period by which the Health Technology Board for Scotland must deliver its comments on all National Institute of Clinical Excellence Technology Appraisal Guidance	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	05 Feb 2002
S1W-22142	To ask the Scottish Executive whether conducting three Health Technology Assessments by December 2002 is an adequate use of the funding allocated to the Health Technology Board for Scotland.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	05 Feb 2002
S1W-22141	To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to encourage the employment of more full-time nursing staff in all NHS trusts.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	05 Feb 2002
S1W-22140	To ask the Scottish Executive whether there has been any increase in cases involving (a) clinical and (b) medical negligence against the NHS in Scotland over the last three years.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	05 Feb 2002
S1W-22139	To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage increase there was in the level of agency nursing staff employed in (a) 1999-2000 and (b) 2000-01 compared with the previous year, broken down by each NHS	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	05 Feb 2002
S1W-22138	To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to monitor the number of agency nursing staff currently employed in NHS trusts.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	05 Feb 2002
S1W-21562	To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to increase the use of Herceptin in HER2 patients in Scotland, given that Scotland has a higher percentage of such patients being treated privately than	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	22 Jan 2002
S1W-21561	To ask the Scottish Executive when the Health Technology Board for Scotland will report its accounts for 2000-01.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	22 Jan 2002
S1W-21560	To ask the Scottish Executive how many staff are employed by the Health Technology Board for Scotland on salaries of (a) under #40,000 and (b) over #40,000 and how many are (i) part-time and (ii) full	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	22 Jan 2002
S1W-21559	To ask the Scottish Executive why 30 women in Glasgow who have recently been tested positive for HER2 and have secondary breast cancer are not receiving the drug Herceptin.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	22 Jan 2002
S1W-21558	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is the Health Technology Board for Scotland's policy to await reports by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence on guidance on new drugs for health boa	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	22 Jan 2002
S1W-21526	To ask the Scottish Executive what additional help and assistance it plans to make available to young people with disabilities and their carers.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	21 Jan 2002
S1W-21525	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to extend free personal care to younger people with severe disabilities.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	21 Jan 2002
S1W-21524	To ask the Scottish Executive when the figures for breast cancer incidence rates for 1998 will be made available.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	21 Jan 2002
S1W-21523	To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of HER2 patients in Glasgow has received the drug Herceptin.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	21 Jan 2002
S1W-21522	To ask the Scottish Executive why the Beatson Oncology Centre does not make Herceptin available for NHS patients given that one of the three HER2 testing reference laboratories in the UK funded by a d	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	21 Jan 2002
S1W-21521	To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of breast cancer patients has been tested for HER2.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	21 Jan 2002
S1W-21520	To ask the Scottish Executive what specific funding has been made available for research into the causes of breast cancer.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	21 Jan 2002
S1W-21519	To ask the Scottish Executive what measures are being taken to address the increase in the level of breast cancer.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	21 Jan 2002
S1W-21518	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will start funding testing for HER2 in breast cancer patients.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	21 Jan 2002
S1W-21517	To ask the Scottish Executive what hospitals are currently prescribing Herceptin for the treatment of secondary breast cancer and whether this is prescribed on a trial basis or otherwise.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	21 Jan 2002
S1W-21342	To ask the Scottish Executive how it ensures that there is no disparity between any commercial information which it makes available to the Scottish Parliament and the commercial information which Whi	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	21 Jan 2002
S1W-21429	To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been paid to each Independent Tenant Advisor assisting with the proposed housing stock transfers since 16 June 2001 and who the sub-contractors employed by e	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	18 Jan 2002
S1W-21428	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-19641 by Mr Alasdair Morrison on 16 November 2001, when it will publish the research it has commissioned on maximising employment o	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	18 Jan 2002
S1W-21427	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-19788 by Ross Finnie on 21 November 2001, why details relating to the gate fees negotiated with companies under the Over Thirty Mon	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	18 Jan 2002
S1W-21426	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-19274 by Ms Margaret Curran on 23 November 2001, how many part-time jobs would be created if the proposed Glasgow housing stock tra	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	18 Jan 2002
S1W-21425	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-19263 by Ms Margaret Curran on 23 November 2001, under what circumstances it is empowered to intervene in any proposed demolitions	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	18 Jan 2002
S1W-21424	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-19551 by Malcolm Chisholm on 26 November, when the results of the survey by the Strategy Forum on waiting times for local authority	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	18 Jan 2002
S1W-21423	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-19550 by Malcolm Chisholm on 26 November 2001, what the total allocation was to each local authority to assist with any delays in m	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	18 Jan 2002
S1W-21422	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-19550 by Malcolm Chisholm on 26 November 2001, whether it will give a breakdown by local authority of the #5 million allocation to	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	18 Jan 2002
S1W-21421	To ask the Scottish Executive what the current level of provision is of NHS (a) analogue and (b) digital hearing aids, broken down by health board area.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	18 Jan 2002
S1W-21420	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-19250 by Susan Deacon on 16 November 2001, under what circumstances digital hearing aids are made available free from the NHS.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	18 Jan 2002
S1W-21341	To ask the Scottish Executive what recent representations it has made to ensure that there is no adverse social or economic impact in Scotland as a result of any alterations to the provision of postal	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	17 Jan 2002
S1M-02605	Retain Clive Fairweather	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Motion Standard Motion	14 Jan 2002
S1M-02598	Maggie's Centre	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Motion Standard Motion	11 Jan 2002
S1W-21066	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-18980 by Jackie Baillie on 23 November 2001, what the current estimate is of the number of local authority houses in Glasgow which	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	10 Jan 2002
S1W-21064	To ask the Scottish Executive what different options are available for local authority tenants having central heating installed under its central heating installation programme and whether tenants ca	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	10 Jan 2002
S1W-20103	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-9585 by Susan Deacon on 25 September 2000, whether the 10 extra consultant posts have all been successfully filled; whether the tar	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	09 Jan 2002
S1W-20191	To ask the Scottish Executive whether funding will be made available to assist with any extra workload for primary care services following any possible adoption throughout all NHS trusts and boards of	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	08 Jan 2002
S1W-20108	To ask the Scottish Executive how many mammogram screening units used in NHS hospitals are over 10 years old.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	08 Jan 2002
S1W-20107	To ask the Scottish Executive whether there will be research commissioned into analysing any extra pressures placed on the primary care sector as a result of patients being discharged early from hosp	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	08 Jan 2002
S1W-20100	To ask the Scottish Executive what requests it has received for funding for research into the early discharge of patients with drains still in place (a) after all surgery and (b) after breast cancer	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	08 Jan 2002
S1W-20099	To ask the Scottish Executive whether the standard set by the Clinical Standards Board for Scotland for the number of breast nurses is being met by each NHS board and trust.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	08 Jan 2002
S1W-20098	To ask the Scottish Executive how many nurses were employed as breast care nurses by each NHS Trust in (a) 1999-2000, and (b) 2000-01.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	08 Jan 2002
S1W-20097	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-10083 by Susan Deacon on 24 October 2000, whether the standard set by the Clinical Standards Board of one breast care nurse per 150	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	08 Jan 2002
S1W-21063	To ask the Scottish Executive in which prisons prisoners are still slopping out each morning and how many prisoners are slopping out in each such prison.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	07 Jan 2002
S1W-21065	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-19641 by Mr Alasdair Morrison on 16 November 2001, when the research which it commissioned to help maximise employment opportunitie	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	27 Dec 2001
S1M-02553	First Aid in Schools 1 linked amendment	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Motion Standard Motion	17 Dec 2001
S1O-04278	To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) council-owned and (b) private houses occupied by pensioners have had heating installed under its free central heating programme.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question General Question	13 Dec 2001
S1W-20102	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-9585 by Susan Deacon on 25 September 2000, whether there is an adequate supply of radiographers to fill current established posts.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	11 Dec 2001
S1M-02534	Save Post Office Jobs	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Motion Members' Business Motion	07 Dec 2001
S1W-20104	To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) observed and (b) expected cases of breast cancer there have been in the postcode areas G31, G32, G33 and G34 of Glasgow in each year since 1987 to date.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	05 Dec 2001
S1W-20106	To ask the Scottish Executive what funding will be made available to upgrade mammogram equipment so that women are protected from (a) any risk of radiation and (b) specifically any risk of radiation t	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	03 Dec 2001
S1W-20105	To ask the Scottish Executive what measures are being taken to protect women from any risk to the heart from radiation during mammogram examinations.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	03 Dec 2001
S1W-20101	To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding has been allocated for research on the early discharge of patients from hospitals in (a) 1999-2000 and (b) 2000-01 and on applications for discharge in 2	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	03 Dec 2001
S1W-19554	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to investigate any delays in the provision of disability aids by the NHS and local authorities.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	26 Nov 2001
S1W-19553	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to simplify the administrative process for applications from people with disabilities in respect of alterations to their homes that will enable	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	26 Nov 2001
S1W-19552	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to undertake a comparative investigation into the lengths of time local authorities take to implement alterations to the homes of people with di	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	26 Nov 2001
S1W-19551	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will conduct an audit of the extent of delays by local authorities in making alterations to the homes of people with disabilities.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	26 Nov 2001
S1W-19550	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to assist local authority social work departments in overcoming any delays in making alterations to the homes of people with disabilities who wi	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	26 Nov 2001
S1W-19274	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1O-2340 by Ms Wendy Alexander on 5 October 2001, (a) what types of jobs would be created through the potential net additional employme	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	23 Nov 2001
S1W-19264	To ask the Scottish Executive what arrangements will be in place for the re-housing of tenants and owner-occupiers of any buildings demolished as part of the proposed transfer of Glasgow City Council	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	23 Nov 2001
S1W-19263	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-6807 by Ms Wendy Alexander on 30 May 2000, whether it would intervene in any plans to demolish housing stock in Glasgow that were n	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	23 Nov 2001
S1W-18980	To ask the Scottish Executive how many council houses in Glasgow will have central heating installed under the central heating installation programme in the financial years (a) 2001-02, (b) 2002-03.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	23 Nov 2001
S1W-19788	To ask the Scottish Executive what contracts have been awarded by the Rural Payments Agency for the rendering or incineration of cattle under the Over Thirty Month Slaughter Scheme in Scotland and wha	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	21 Nov 2001
S1W-19787	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to the question S1W-17624 by Ross Finnie on 6 September 2001, how many tonnes of carcasses of cattle culled under the Over Thirty Month Slaughter S	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	21 Nov 2001
S1W-19786	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to the question S1W-1021 by Ross Finnie on 10 September 1999, whether achievement of the target of incinerating 60% of meat and bonemeal stocks pro	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	21 Nov 2001
S1W-18735	To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Scottish Environment Protection Agency and other public bodies have taken responsible and appropriate action with regard to the application for a licence to	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	19 Nov 2001
S1W-18733	To ask the Scottish Executive what the current position is regarding the proposed reopening of the cattle incinerator in Carntyne, Glasgow.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	19 Nov 2001
S1W-19641	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1O-2005 by Henry McLeish on 22 June 2000, whether it has any plans to revise its approach to ensuring availability of skilled labour i	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	16 Nov 2001
S1W-19437	To ask the Scottish Executive what the names were of the contractors called upon to repair the fire alarm system at (a) Holyrood RC Secondary School, (b) St Roch's Secondary RC School and (c) Shawland	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	09 Nov 2001
S1W-19436	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will detail any fines imposed on companies during the course of the current Project 2002 refurbishment programme of secondary schools in Glasgow.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	09 Nov 2001
S1W-19435	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it is satisfied with the health and safety record of the company 3Ed during the current Project 2002 refurbishment programme of secondary schools in Glasgow.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	09 Nov 2001
S1W-18979	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-17550 by Jackie Baillie on 13 September 2001, what discussions it has had with Her Majesty's Treasury about writing off Glasgow Cit	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	07 Nov 2001
S1M-02407	Alexander Stoddart and Princetown University	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Motion Standard Motion	06 Nov 2001
S1W-19342	To ask the Scottish Executive what plans exist to maintain the ban on export of live farm animals from Scotland and to replace such exports with meat and carcass exports.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	06 Nov 2001
S1W-19341	To ask the Scottish Executive what plans exist to reduce the length of journeys for animals being transported for fattening and slaughter.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	06 Nov 2001
S1W-18983	To ask the Scottish Executive what action it has taken to ensure that Glasgow City Council housing tenants receive independent advice concerning the council's proposed housing stock transfer to the Gl	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	06 Nov 2001
S1W-18982	To ask the Scottish Executive when the inquiry by Fife Constabulary on Strathclyde Police Force's handling of the demonstration at Govanhill Pool on 7 August 2001 will be concluded.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	06 Nov 2001
S1W-18977	To ask the Scottish Executive what alternative course of action it plans to take should Glasgow City Council housing tenants vote against housing stock transfer	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	06 Nov 2001
S1W-19273	To ask the Scottish Executive how members are appointed to the voluntary management committee of the Glasgow Housing Association and on what criteria candidates for appointment to the committee are se	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	05 Nov 2001
S1W-19272	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-7529 by Ms Wendy Alexander on 16 June 2000, what expertise and skills are required of members of the panel of independent advisers	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	05 Nov 2001
S1W-19271	To ask the Scottish Executive what the most recent estimate is of the number of houses that would be demolished under the proposed transfer of Glasgow City Council's housing stock.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	05 Nov 2001
S1W-19270	To ask the Scottish Executive what it is currently estimated that the Glasgow Housing Association will be liable to pay in VAT in respect of its projected capital programme.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	05 Nov 2001
S1W-19269	To ask the Scottish Executive on what criteria registered social landlords may choose not to accept homeless applicants when requested to do so by local authorities.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	05 Nov 2001
S1W-19268	To ask the Scottish Executive (a) what the estimated cost is of providing any translation services in respect of the pre-statutory and statutory consultations on the proposed transfer of Glasgow City	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	05 Nov 2001
S1W-19267	To ask the Scottish Executive what arrangements have been made to provide translation services and otherwise assist those with language difficulties in respect of the pre-statutory and statutory consu	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	05 Nov 2001
S1W-19266	To ask the Scottish Executive whether asylum seekers located in Glasgow will be permitted to vote in the ballot on the proposed transfer of Glasgow City Council's housing stock.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	05 Nov 2001
S1W-19265	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-7529 by Ms Wendy Alexander on 16 June 2000, whether there have been any changes in the composition of the panel of independent advi	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	05 Nov 2001
S1W-19262	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-6643 by Ms Wendy Alexander on 7 June 2000, (a) whether the estimated costs of conveyancing and other legal fees in respect of the p	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	05 Nov 2001
S1W-18734	To ask the Scottish Executive whether measures necessary to the safeguarding of public health are in place at the proposed cattle incinerator in Carntyne, Glasgow and, if not, what action it will take	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	30 Oct 2001
S1M-02374	Close the Cattle Incinerator at Carntyne, Glasgow	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Motion Standard Motion	29 Oct 2001
S1W-18981	To ask the Scottish Executive whether the health and safety arrangements in place at Holyrood Secondary School in Glasgow are satisfactory.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	26 Oct 2001
S1M-02324	Clarkston Disaster, October 1971	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Motion Standard Motion	15 Oct 2001
S1M-02314	Prevention of the Sell Off of Glasgow Council Housing	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Motion Members' Business Motion	08 Oct 2001
S1W-18221	To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration is being given to re-opening local slaughterhouses and adopting a policy of transportation of carcasses only.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	01 Oct 2001
S1W-18220	To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to review arrangements for the transportation of livestock.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	01 Oct 2001
S1W-18136	To ask the Scottish Executive what criteria are used by the Commissioner for Local Administration in Scotland in deciding whether a complaint of maladministration against a local authority is warrant	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	27 Sep 2001
S1W-18135	To ask the Scottish Executive how many complaints of maladministration were received by the Commissioner for Local Administration in Scotland in relation to Glasgow City Council and what the outcome w	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	27 Sep 2001
S1W-18134	To ask the Scottish Executive how many complaints of maladministration and other matters were (a) received, (b) investigated and (c) found to be warranted and what subsequent action was taken by the C	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	27 Sep 2001
S1O-03789	To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it will take in relation to any delays in seeing a consultant being experienced by hip replacement patients in Glasgow.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question General Question	20 Sep 2001
S1M-02183	Thanks to Dr Krishna Goel, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Motion Standard Motion	06 Sep 2001
S1M-02109	Govanhill Pool	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Motion Standard Motion	13 Aug 2001
S1W-16432	To ask the Scottish Executive whether any guidance is given to local authorities regarding the replacement of old or dangerous windows in local authority housing.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	04 Jul 2001
S1W-16431	To ask the Scottish Executive whether special funds will be made available to local authorities for the replacement of old or dangerous windows in local authority housing.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	04 Jul 2001
S1W-16393	To ask the Presiding Officer what plans there are to increase the number of places available for people with disabilities in the public gallery of the new Parliament building.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question SPCB Written Question	29 Jun 2001
S1W-16202	To ask the Scottish Executive what action will be taken against companies that contravene environmental notices served on them by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	28 Jun 2001
S1W-16199	To ask the Scottish Executive what action it plans to take to alleviate noise pollution at waste transfer stations and landfill sites as a result of vehicles transporting waste through residential an	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	28 Jun 2001
S1M-02053	Women's Royal Voluntary Service	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Motion Standard Motion	27 Jun 2001
S1W-16203	To ask the Scottish Executive what action will be taken to ensure that local authorities carry out their duties and responsibilities concerning any contravention of planning permission conditions.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	20 Jun 2001
S1W-16201	To ask the Scottish Executive how many complaints about noise pollution have been received by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency in each of the past five years.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	20 Jun 2001
S1W-16198	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-15699 by Rhona Brankin on 22 May 2001, how many reports on the illegal dumping of material and fly-tipping were submitted to each p	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	20 Jun 2001
S1W-16207	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to commission a report into the standard and provision of medical equipment for older or disabled people, and in particular hearing aids, similar	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	19 Jun 2001
S1W-16206	To ask the Scottish Executive what action it plans to take in the light of the report by the Royal National Institute for Deaf People, Audiology in Crisis - Still Waiting to Hear.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	19 Jun 2001
S1W-16205	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to S1W-14769 by Susan Deacon on 17 April 2001, what immediate measures will be introduced both to reduce waiting times for a clinical appointment a	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	19 Jun 2001
S1W-16204	To ask the Scottish Executive what measures regarding staffing levels in audiology services it will introduce to meet any increase in service demand.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	19 Jun 2001
S1W-16200	To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) landfill site and (b) waste transfer station operators have had their operating licences revoked by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency in each of the	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	19 Jun 2001
S1W-16197	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-10165 by Sarah Boyack on 25 October 2000, how much in fixed penalty fines for litter offences was raised by each local authority in	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	19 Jun 2001
S1W-16196	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-15699 by Rhona Brankin on 22 May 2001, how many notices have been served on landowners to clear their land of illegally dumped mate	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	19 Jun 2001
S1W-15756	To ask the Scottish Executive whether the firm used to select candidates for the post of chief executive of visitscotland had responsibility for ensuring that the successful candidate had no other co	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	18 Jun 2001
S1M-01997	Contribution of the Open University to Lifelong Learning	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Motion Standard Motion	06 Jun 2001
S1W-15937	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will ensure that GPs do not charge for the medical assessments necessary to access certain social security benefits, such as disability living allowance.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	06 Jun 2001
S1O-03524	To ask the Scottish Executive at what time and on what date it was informed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food of the first cases of foot-and-mouth disease in England.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question General Question	31 May 2001
S1W-15816	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will investigate the extent of any cutbacks in local authority "best garden" competitions and any other such initiatives which improve the local environment.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	30 May 2001
S1W-15757	To ask the Scottish Executive how many candidates applied for the post of chief executive of visitscotland and what type of qualifications and experience those who were interviewed had.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	29 May 2001
S1W-15755	To ask the Scottish Executive what brief was given to the firm used to select candidates for the position of chief executive of visitscotland and whether ministers were involved in approving that brie	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	29 May 2001
S1W-15599	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to ensure that all hospital consultants and other staff are given deaf awareness training.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	23 May 2001
S1W-15293	To ask the Scottish Executive what proposals it has to ensure that farm animals are killed with the minimum of distress in compliance with the Restrictions on Pithing (Scotland) Regulations 2001 (SSI	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	18 May 2001
S1W-15601	To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-11746 by Malcolm Chisholm on 5 March 2001, whether it plans to make hospital-acquired infections a notifiable cause of death.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	17 May 2001
S1W-15600	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to encourage the employment of deaf and hard of hearing people in public services.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	17 May 2001
S1W-15598	To ask the Scottish Executive Scottish Executive what action it intends to take to improve general practitioner and hospital services for deaf people, and in particular to address any problems in rela	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	17 May 2001
S1W-15597	To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to alleviate social exclusion among deaf people.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	17 May 2001
S1W-15602	To ask the Presiding Officer what policies the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body has to encourage the employment on its staff of deaf and hard of hearing people.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question SPCB Written Question	15 May 2001
S1M-01928	International Nurses' Day 2001	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Motion Standard Motion	10 May 2001
S1O-03388	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to investigate changing the name of visitscotland back to the Scottish Tourist Board.	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question General Question	10 May 2001
S1W-15292	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has studied the Irish Department of Tourism, Sport and Recreation's aid schemes to farmers and specifically the grants made available for farms to create shops	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	04 May 2001
S1W-14165	To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to take any action on the recommendations of the report by the Institution of Civil Engineers, Inspection of Multi-Storey Car Parks, which recom	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Question Written Question	04 May 2001
S1M-01904	Replacement of "Visitscotland" Name	Elder, Dorothy-Grace	Motion Standard Motion	03 May 2001

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Parliament Staff

S1M-04065 · Standard Motion · lodged by Elder, Dorothy-Grace

Lodged on

26 Mar 2003

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That the Parliament expresses its respect for, and pride in, the staff of the Parliament who have been an example of shining endeavour to all in making the Parliament work; is mindful that they, more than politicians, created the Parliament from scratch and adopted an upbeat and helpful attitude that is not present to such a degree in all Parliaments; notes that the staff undertook two big "flits", to Glasgow and to Aberdeen, the burden of which was borne with grace; believes that every single office, clerking, Official Report, the office of the Clerk and the Presiding Officer, the post office, external relations, media, participation services, procurement, facilities management, allowances and finance, personnel, broadcasting, lawyers, IT and information services, reception desk, SPICe, security staff and police and all others, including the restaurant staff and the cleaners who kept things sparkling, deserves recognition and further believes that the staff set an example of public service that elected members must try to live up to.

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Supported by 24 additional MSPs

Lab 14 SNP 6 Con 3 LD 1

Lodged by Elder, Dorothy-Grace (Independent).

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S1M-04065
26 Mar 2003 · Standard Motion · Elder, Dorothy-Grace

That the Parliament expresses its respect for, and pride in, the staff of the Parliament who have been an example of shining endeavour to all in making the Parliament work; is mindful that they, more than politicians, created the Parliament from scratch and adopted an upbeat and helpful attitude that is not present to such a degree in all Parliaments; not...