- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 10 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 20 December 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive who was present at the meeting between the Chief Planner and representatives of the Trump Organisation on 4 December 2007.
Answer
The meeting was attended byJim Mackinnon, Chief Planner and David Ferguson, Head of Planning Decisions, ScottishGovernment along with George Sorial and Neil Hobday, from the TrumpOrganization.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 10 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 20 December 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list the ministers and officials with whom the First Minister subsequently discussed matters arising from his meeting with representatives of the Trump Organisation at the Marcliffe Hotel on 3 December 2007.
Answer
In his capacity asconstituency MSP Mr Salmond spoke to Jim Mackinnon, Chief Planner following themeeting. Mr Salmond sought advice from the Chief Planner on whether it wouldstill be permissible for the officials from the Scottish Government PlanningDirectorate to meet representatives from the Trump Organization.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Bruce Crawford on 20 December 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-6786 by Bruce Crawford on 3 December 2007, whether the review of the Scottish Ministerial Code will include consideration of having an independent adviser to investigate breaches of the code, similar to the approach taken by Prime Minister, Gordon Brown MP.
Answer
In line with the practice aftereach Scottish parliamentary election, the Scottish Ministerial Code is currentlybeing reviewed. The review will consider a number of issues and will be publishedin the near future.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 10 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 20 December 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the First Minister informed Executive officials of a request to meet representatives of the Trump Organisation on or around 3 December 2007 and, if so, what advice he received.
Answer
Mr Salmond sought advicefrom the Chief Planner and the Head of Planning Decisions Division, in hiscapacity as MSP for Gordon on 29 and 30 November 2007. This confirmed Mr Salmond as constituency MSP was entitled torepresent properly the interests of constituents.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 10 December 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 20 December 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the First Minister will make a statement on the matters discussed at his meeting with representatives of the Trump Organisation at the Marcliffe Hotel on 3 December 2007.
Answer
As Mr Salmond attended themeeting in his capacity as a constituency MSP, it would be inappropriate forhim to make a statement as First Minister. Mr Salmond has, however, answered questions aboutthis meeting at First Minister’s Question Time on 13 December 2007. The officialreport is available on the Parliament’s website at:
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/officialReports/index.htm.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 November 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Linda Fabiani on 20 December 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how much the new Welcome to Scotland advertising logo cost to develop.
Answer
Welcome to Scotland is nota slogan or a logo – it is a simple and straightforward welcome to those arrivingin our country. No money was used to develop the “Welcome to Scotland” message.The message reflects recommendations from customer research and evaluation undertakenin March 2006 and 2007. Design, printing and installation of the new airport campaigncost £125,000 from existing budgets.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 November 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Linda Fabiani on 20 December 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it estimates it will cost to place the new Welcome to Scotland advertising logo in appropriate locations and whether it will list such locations.
Answer
Welcome to Scotland is notan advertising logo. It is a simple and straightforward welcome to those arrivingin our country. The new posters are replacing existing Scottish Government postersat Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness and Prestwick airports. The cost of renting the sites at the six airportsfrom August 2007 until July 2008 is £497,101.78. The cost of rental of these spacesfrom August 2006 to July 2007 was £505,502.90
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 November 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Bruce Crawford on 11 December 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-6023 by John Swinney on 19 November 2007, whether the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth agrees with the full text of paragraph 68 of Guidance on Scottish Parliamentary Questions, issued by the civil service, which states that “Where a question on the same subject already exists, consideration should be given to using that question to make the announcement, whether or not it is an Opposition question, instead of arranging an inspired question. Failing that, it is, of course, important to ensure that any other existing question on the same subject is answered on the same day as the inspired question”.
Answer
For the reasons explainedin the answer to question S3W-6023, the approach adopted when answering questionS3W-4824 adhered to the terms of the guidance.All answers to writtenparliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facilityfor which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 22 November 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by Bruce Crawford on 11 December 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-6023 by John Swinney on 19 November 2007, whether the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth considers that the way the answer quotes from Guidance on Scottish Parliamentary Questions is in keeping with his obligations to the Parliament, as set out in the Scottish Ministerial Code.
Answer
The answer providedto question S3W-6023 fully complied with the terms of the Scottish Ministerial Code.All answers to writtenparliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facilityfor which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 November 2007
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Current Status:
Answered by John Swinney on 6 December 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-6022 by John Swinney on 20 November 2007, what domestic visits have been undertaken by the unpaid special adviser referred to; how the visits have been funded, and what the total cost was of such visits.
Answer
I refer the memberto the answer to question S3W-6777 on 6 December 2007. Allanswers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website,the search facility for which can be found at
http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/webapp/wa.search.
