Parliamentary questions
Liam McArthur
3,663 questions tabled in the Scottish Parliament, most recent first.
23 May 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider supporting a trade delegation to Russia, with a specific focus on the oil industry.
Answer · Jim Mather: The Scottish Executive, throughScottish Development International (SDI), the international arm of the ScottishGovernment’s economic development agency, provides support to individual companiesand organises trade delegations to oil and gas provincesthroughout …
23 May 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it is taking to raise awareness among oil industry brokers of the ship-to-ship oil transfer options available at Scapa Flow.
Answer · Richard Lochhead: The Scottish Executive has norole in promoting operational activities of specific harbour authorities. That isa matter for the ports sector itself and for individual harbour authorities.</p>
23 May 2007 · Written Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will direct (a) Scottish Enterprise and (b) Scottish Development International to consider ways in which support can be provided to those seeking to attract more ship-to-ship oil transfer business to Scapa Flow.
Answer · Jim Mather: No. This would be an operationalmatter for the enterprise networks. To date neither of these organisations has beenapproached with regard to the promotion of this type of business activity at Scapa Flow.</p>