Section E – Written questions lodged on 30 October 2013
Questions marked with a triangle (Δ) are initiated by the Scottish Government in order to facilitate the provision of information to the Parliament.
Questions in which a member has indicated a declarable interest are marked with an "R".
S4W-17947 Jackson Carlaw: To ask the Scottish Government what impact the European Parliament’s revised directive on tobacco products would have on its plans to introduce plain packaging for tobacco products.
S4W-17948 Jackson Carlaw: To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made, or will make, of the effectiveness of the European Parliament’s revised directive on tobacco products, which would increase the size of health warnings on cigarette packs.
S4W-17991 Ken Macintosh: To ask the Scottish Government whether it has agreed with the Treasury the 25-year repayment period set out in the 2014-15 draft budget for borrowing £296 million from the National Loans Fund in 2015-16.
S4W-17992 Ken Macintosh: To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the 2014-15 draft budget sets out borrowing £296 million from the National Loans Fund in 2015-16 over a 25-year period and not the 10-year maximum recommended in the UK Government’s white paper, Strengthening Scotland’s Future.
S4W-17993 Ken Macintosh: To ask the Scottish Government what the repayment cost would be of borrowing the £296 million set out in the 2014-15 draft budget from the National Loans Fund in 2015-16 over (a) 10 and (b) 25 years.
S4W-18005 Jim Hume: To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the introduction of minimum unit pricing of alcohol, what its position is on introducing other price controls in order to protect public health.
S4W-18006 Jim Hume: To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with other governments that have introduced price controls for (a) alcohol and (b) other products in order to protect public health.
S4W-18007 Jim Hume: To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with (a) the food and drink sector, (b) health organisations and (c) other stakeholders regarding price controls in order to protect public health.
S4W-18008 Jim Hume: To ask the Scottish Government what discussions the (a) Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing and (b) Minister for Public Health has had with other cabinet secretaries and ministers regarding price controls in order to protect public health.
S4W-18009 Alison McInnes: To ask the Scottish Government what tests mental health professionals are required to apply when determining whether or not a patient has the capacity to consent to or refuse electroconvulsive therapy.
S4W-18010 Alison McInnes: To ask the Scottish Government whether medical professionals treating patients with electroconvulsive therapy are required to tell them that it can lead to permanent memory loss.
S4W-18011 Alison McInnes: To ask the Scottish Government whether it has conducted research on whether patients treated with electroconvulsive therapy have subsequently experienced post-traumatic stress disorder.
S4W-18012 Alison McInnes: To ask the Scottish Government whether it considers that the use of electroconvulsive therapy in the absence of informed consent constitutes inhuman or degrading treatment.
S4W-18013 Alison McInnes: To ask the Scottish Government how many days on average a course of electroconvulsive therapy lasts and how many times the therapy will be applied during that period.
S4W-18014 Alison McInnes: To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of patients treated with electroconvulsive therapy for depression relapses within 12 months.
S4W-18015 Alison McInnes: To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of patients treated with electroconvulsive therapy commits suicide.
S4W-18016 Alison McInnes: To ask the Scottish Government what the mortality rate is among patients over 65 who are receiving electroconvulsive therapy.
S4W-18017 Alison McInnes: To ask the Scottish Government how many times a designated medical practitioner (a) refused and (b) agreed to certify that it was necessary to give electroconvulsive therapy to a patient who resisted or objected to the treatment, in the last year for which information is available.
S4W-18018 Linda Fabiani: To ask the Scottish Government what projects in the South Lanarkshire Council area have received funding from the CashBack for Communities scheme, broken down by (a) amount granted and (b) location.
S4W-18019 Murdo Fraser: To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to install next-generation superfast broadband in Highland and eastern Perthshire.
S4W-18025 Claire Baker: To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions have taken place between the Minister for the Environment and Climate Change and the Minister for Local Government and Planning regarding the final Scottish Planning Policy and the National Planning Framework 3.
S4W-18031 Richard Simpson: To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the findings in the report, What would it take to eradicate health inequalities?: Testing the fundamental causes theory of health inequalities in Scotland, whether it will (a) undertake a cost effectiveness review of all health inequalities programmes and (b) consider moving responsibility for public health from NHS boards to local authorities.
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