Former Member of the Scottish Parliament

Allan Wilson

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At a glance Allan Wilson was a Member of the Scottish Parliament.

Questions36 tabled

Allan Wilson has tabled 36 questions in the Scottish Parliament.

To ask the First Minister what the priorities are for investment in enterprise and lifelong learning. 25 Sep 2000 · First Minister's Question

To ask the First Minister what the priorities are for investment in enterprise and lifelong learning.

Answer · Donald Dewar · 28 Sep 2000

The Executive's priorities for investment in enterprise and lifelong learning over the next three years are to increase access to learning and skills for all Scotland's people; to drive forward new initiatives which will place Scotland at the leading edge of new technologies and to improve Scotland's competitive position through increased productivity. To enable us to deliver on these key strategic priorities, the department's spending will increase by over £300 million, to £2.27 billion by 2003-04.

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps are being taken to protect the interests of anglers in Scotland. 20 Sep 2000 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps are being taken to protect the interests of anglers in Scotland.

Answer · John Home Robertson · 28 Sep 2000

I have had meetings with the Scottish Anglers National Association, Scottish Campaign for Public Angling as well as a number of angling clubs over the past year, in connection with the Scottish Executive's consultation on Protecting and Promoting Scotland's Freshwater Fish and Fisheries. I also wrote directly to over 300 angling clubs. We are now considering responses to that consultation and I will report to Parliament shortly on that. Meanwhile the Salmon Conservation (Scotland) Bill will shortly be introduced to Parliament.

To ask the Scottish Executive how the special funding package for the Highlands and Islands approved by the European Co… 6 Sep 2000 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how the special funding package for the Highlands and Islands approved by the European Commission will improve this region.

Answer · Jack McConnell · 14 Sep 2000

The Highlands & Islands Special Transitional Programme will provide for around £200 million of Structural Funding together with over £500 million from national public and private resources over the next seven years.The funds will be used to support our vision of a Highlands and Islands which is "prosperous, inclusive and with self sustaining communities where the unique cultures, traditions and environments are enhanced" by, for example, stimulating job creation, supporting business and investing in training.

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it will take to make public the work of the new Programme Monitoring Committee… 25 Jul 2000 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it will take to make public the work of the new Programme Monitoring Committees for European Structural Funds programmes.

Answer · Jack McConnell · 27 Jul 2000

I am pleased to confirm that all minutes of meetings and papers relating to meetings of the new Programme Monitoring Committees for European Structural Funds in Scotland 2000-06 will in future be made available following each meeting on the Scottish Executive websites, as well as on the websites of the programme partnership.I see this as a positive step towards delivering a transparent process for implementing the new Structural Fund Programmes in Scotland as recommended in the recent Report on the Review of the Programme Management Executives. This is a further indication that Scotland continues to be at the leading edge in implementing European Structural Fund Programmes by opening the deliberations of these committees to public scrutiny.

To ask the Scottish Executive in what ways it is listening to the views and concerns of Scotland's local communities. 14 Jun 2000 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Executive in what ways it is listening to the views and concerns of Scotland's local communities.

Answer · Jackie Baillie · 22 Jun 2000

The Scottish Executive is looking at various ways of improving its consultation procedures to ensure everyone has the opportunity to influence policies. The Executive is also supporting the Civic Forum which facilitates inputs from local communities into national policy development.At the community level, the £10 million Working for Communities programme encourages new ways of involving local people in decisions on services. Part of the £3 million Listening to Communities programme funds People's Panels and Juries in Social Inclusion Partnerships to further involve local participation in decision making.

To ask the Scottish Executive what assistance it is providing to Scotland's textile industry. 7 Jun 2000 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what assistance it is providing to Scotland's textile industry.

Answer · Henry McLeish · 15 Jun 2000

At the first meeting of the Scottish Textile Forum on 12 June, I announced a package of support for the textile sector, full details of which are in a Scottish Executive press release. In summary, the support package includes the launch of four Champions for the textile industry to help promote the industry; plans for developing labelling initiatives; help for exporters as a priority sector; commissioning consultancy advice; reorganising Scottish Enterprise responsibilities to ensure better co-ordination of network support; financial support for retraining of redundant textile workers; proposed revision of the Assisted Areas map to support areas hit by textile redundancies; support for improving the image of the textile sector; and ensuring that the views of sector on important issues are fully and forcefully represented to UK and EU Governments. The Forum meetings, which I shall chair, will help the Scottish Executive develop further measures to support the sector. All these support measures will be in addition to those announced on 6 June by the Government on a UK basis, in response to the report by the Textile and Clothing Strategy Group, and to the wide range of support provided to companies on a non-sectoral basis by the Executive and its agencies.

To ask the Scottish Executive how effective the New Deal has been in providing jobs for young unemployed people in Nort… 31 May 2000 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Executive how effective the New Deal has been in providing jobs for young unemployed people in North Ayrshire and in Scotland in general.

Answer · Henry McLeish · 8 Jun 2000

Employment policy is reserved to the UK Government which therefore takes the lead on the funding and delivery of New Deal throughout Great Britain, although in close consultation with its partners, including the Scottish Executive. Many partner organisations at local level also provide New Deal services under contract or provide funds and other resources, including training funds to enhance the quality of New Deal in their areas. The public and voluntary sector organisations, which contribute in this way, fall within the remit of the Scottish Executive.The table below shows the relevant figures (up to March 2000) for young people gaining jobs since the New Deal began in April 1998.<TABLE BORDER CELLSPACING=1 CELLPADDING=7 WIDTH=602><TR><TD WIDTH="31%" VALIGN="TOP"> </TD><TD WIDTH="23%" VALIGN="TOP">Numbers into Unsubsidised Jobs</TD><TD WIDTH="24%" VALIGN="TOP">Numbers into Subsidised Jobs</TD><TD WIDTH="22%" VALIGN="TOP">Total Into Jobs</TD></TR><TR><TD WIDTH="31%" VALIGN="TOP">Cunninghame North</TD><TD WIDTH="23%" VALIGN="TOP">411</TD><TD WIDTH="24%" VALIGN="TOP">62</TD><TD WIDTH="22%" VALIGN="TOP">473</TD></TR><TR><TD WIDTH="31%" VALIGN="TOP">Cunninghame South</TD><TD WIDTH="23%" VALIGN="TOP">434</TD><TD WIDTH="24%" VALIGN="TOP">92</TD><TD WIDTH="22%" VALIGN="TOP">526</TD></TR><TR><TD WIDTH="31%" VALIGN="TOP">North Ayrshire</TD><TD WIDTH="23%" VALIGN="TOP">845</TD><TD WIDTH="24%" VALIGN="TOP">154</TD><TD WIDTH="22%" VALIGN="TOP">999</TD></TR><TR><TD WIDTH="31%" VALIGN="TOP">Scotland</TD><TD WIDTH="23%" VALIGN="TOP">20,900</TD><TD WIDTH="24%" VALIGN="TOP">3,340</TD><TD WIDTH="22%" VALIGN="TOP">24,240</TD></TR></TABLE>

To ask the Scottish Executive what benefits Joint Ministerial Committees bring to Scotland. 24 May 2000 · General Question

To ask the Scottish Executive what benefits Joint Ministerial Committees bring to Scotland.

Answer · Jack McConnell · 1 Jun 2000

The Joint Ministerial Committees help the Scottish Executive and the UK Government work together to ensure that their respective policies and programmes operate coherently and effectively for the benefit of people in Scotland.

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Motions lodged40 lodged

6 Mar 2007	Economy and Small Business	1 sig.
26 Feb 2007	The Draft Debt Arrangement Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2007	1 sig.
20 Feb 2007	The Environment	1 sig.
14 Feb 2007	Workers' Rights	1 sig.
30 Oct 2006	Bankruptcy and Diligence etc. (Scotland) Bill	2 sig.
27 Sep 2006	Small Businesses	1 sig.

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Seat & career2 seats held

Cunninghame North Constituency MSP · Dissolution 1 May 2003 – 2 Apr 2007
Cunninghame North Constituency MSP · Dissolution 6 May 1999 – 31 Mar 2003

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Source: this MSP's official Scottish Parliament profile. Last updated 26 Jul 2026.