Parliamentary questions
Michael Matheson
1,154 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
8 Jul 1999 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many Police Officers it plans to appoint to the Drug Enforcement Agency.
Answer · Angus MacKay: I refer the member to the answer I gave today, to Mr Keith Raffan's question number S1W-00488.
8 Jul 1999 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what is the cost of establishing the Drug Enforcement Agency.
Answer · Angus MacKay: I refer the member to the answer I gave today, to Mr Keith Raffan's question number S1W-00488.
8 Jul 1999 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the cost of the Drug Enforcement Agency will be met from existing Police budgets.
Answer · Angus MacKay: I refer the member to the answer I gave today, to Mr Keith Raffan's question number S1W-00488.
30 Jun 1999 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to provide home based tuition for people with disabilities receiving education.
Answer · Henry McLeish: The Scottish Executive has no plans to change the current situation whereby the provision of home-based tuition is a matter for individual educational institutions and authorities.
30 Jun 1999 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to address the housing needs of Scotland's black and ethnic minority communities.
Answer · Wendy Alexander: Tackling social exclusion is a top priority of the Scottish Executive. We believe that black and ethnic minority communities should have the same opportunities as other households in Scotland to obtain good quality, affordable housing. We will seek to ensur…
30 Jun 1999 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to tackle racism within the criminal justice system.
Answer · Jim Wallace: On 20 July I will be publishing an action plan to take forward in Scotland the recommendations of the Macpherson Report into the murder of Stephen Lawrence. I will also be setting up and chairing a Steering Group to ensure that progress is made on the recomm…
30 Jun 1999 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to provide counselling services to people with a learning disability who have experienced abuse or harassment.
Answer · Iain Gray: The need for services in any particular circumstances is best assessed by authorities at a local level. In making those assessments, I would expect authorities to take account of the information mentioned in my reply to question S1W-00330 today.
30 Jun 1999 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends that the present review of services for people with a learning disability will address bullying and harassment.
Answer · Iain Gray: The review of services for people with a learning disability recognises the need to promote more positive public attitudes towards people with learning disabilities. It has already commissioned a study of how public attitudes might be changed for the better.…
30 Jun 1999 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance it intends to issue to local authorities in order to tackle bullying and harassment of people who have a learning disability.
Answer · Iain Gray: The review of services for people with a learning disability recognises the need to promote more positive public attitudes towards people with learning disabilities. It has already commissioned a study of how public attitudes might be changed for the better.…
25 Jun 1999 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it plans to take to improve services for people with a learning disability.
Answer · Iain Gray: A major review of social and health care services for people with a learning disability is underway. It will report in December.
24 Jun 1999 · General Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it plans to take to improve services for people with a learning disability.
Answer · Iain Gray: A major review of social and health care services for people with a learning disability is underway. It will report in December.
21 Jun 1999 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive (a) to detail for each Sheriffdom the number of individuals reported over the last three years to the Procurator Fiscal's service regarding contraventions of the misuse of drugs legislation relating to the possession of cannabis or cannabis resin; (b) to specify the number dealt with by s…
Answer · Andrew Hardie: The information necessary to answer parts (a) and (b) of the question in relation to the particular drugs specified is not kept either centrally by Crown Office or by individual Procurator Fiscal's offices.<FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica" SIZE=2><P>In relation t…
15 Jun 1999 · General Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to address the needs of people with mental incapacity, in relation to managing their own financial affairs.
Answer · Iain Gray: Donald Dewar announced yesterday that our legislative programme for this session will include an Incapable Adults Bill, modernising the law in relation to decision making on behalf of people with mental incapacity. The Bill will include a range of new measur…
10 Jun 1999 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans it has to address the needs of people with mental incapacity, in relation to managing their own financial affairs.
Answer · Iain Gray: Donald Dewar announced yesterday that our legislative programme for this session will include an Incapable Adults Bill, modernising the law in relation to decision making on behalf of people with mental incapacity. The Bill will include a range of new measur…