Jim Hume in the Scottish Parliament

• Mar 21, 2011:
  • Employment | Scottish Parliament written answers

    To ask the Scottish Executive what support it will offer those affected by the proposed job losses at the West Freugh satellite ground station.

• Mar 11, 2011:
  • Renewable Energy | Scottish Parliament written answers

    To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects Scottish Water to complete (a) an environmental and (b) a habitats regulations assessment of plans to develop renewable energy projects on its estate.

  • Forestry | Scottish Parliament written answers

    To ask the Scottish Executive what duties and roles the Forestry Commission's Regional Advisory Committee for Scotland has in protecting and enhancing Scotland's wildlife, historic environment, landscape and public access.

  • Forestry | Scottish Parliament written answers

    To ask the Scottish Executive how it will ensure that Forestry Commission Scotland retains and develops its research capability in order to support the protection and enhancement of Scotland's wildlife, historic environment, landscape and public access.

  • Forestry | Scottish Parliament written answers

    To ask the Scottish Executive when it expects Forestry Commission Scotland to complete (a) an environmental and (b) a habitats regulations assessment of plans to develop renewable energy projects on its estate.

  • Forestry | Scottish Parliament written answers

    To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on the reported view of the timber industry that the national forest estate provides significant economic wealth for communities in terms of direct employment and support to timber processing companies, and what measures it is taking to ensure that competing land uses are balanced in the long term.

  • Forestry | Scottish Parliament written answers

    To ask the Scottish Executive whether there is legislation or guidance on (a) it and (b) its agencies maintaining a commercially viable national forest estate that sustains direct employment and timber processing companies.

  • Forestry | Scottish Parliament written answers

    To ask the Scottish Executive what measures it takes to assess the (a) economic and (b) environmental impact of replacing commercial woodland in the national forestry estate with wind energy projects and what mechanisms there are to ensure the long-term sustainable management of the estate.

  • Forestry | Scottish Parliament written answers

    To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of the funds raised through renewable projects in the national forest estate has been reinvested in purchasing commercially viable land.

  • Forestry | Scottish Parliament written answers

    To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of the funds raised through sales of woodland by Forestry Commission Scotland's reprovisioning exercise has been reinvested in purchasing commercially viable land since 2009.

  • Forestry | Scottish Parliament written answers

    To ask the Scottish Executive where woodland sold through Forestry Commission Scotland's reprovisioning exercise has been located since 2009 and what the date was of completion of each sale.

  • Forestry | Scottish Parliament written answers

    To ask the Scottish Executive how (a) many hectares have been sold and (b) much money has been raised through Forestry Commission Scotland's reprovisioning exercise since 2009.

  • Forestry | Scottish Parliament written answers

    To ask the Scottish Executive what proportion of the funds raised through Forestry Commission Scotland's reprovisioning exercise has been reinvested in (a) tree planting and (b) purchasing land for the national forest estate since 2009.

  • Forestry | Scottish Parliament written answers

    To ask the Scottish Executive whether there is legislation or guidance on reinvesting funds in replanting like-for-like woodland from wind energy technology projects that are sited on commercial woodland in the national forestry estate.

  • Forestry | Scottish Parliament written answers

    To ask the Scottish Executive whether there is legislation or guidance on the replanting of like-for-like commercial woodland for parts of the national forestry estate that are allocated for wind energy technology projects.

  • Forestry | Scottish Parliament written answers

    To ask the Scottish Executive how many hectares of commercial woodland have been planted in the national forestry estate in each year since 1999, also broken down by local authority area.

  • Dairy Industry | Scottish Parliament written answers

    To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-39204 by Richard Lochhead on 10 February 2011, whether it has made representations to (a) Sodexo and (b) Graham's Family Dairy to ensure that the dairy farmers supplying the Scottish Government are receiving a price per litre in excess of production costs and above the average market rate.

• Mar 10, 2011:
  • Procurement | Scottish Parliament written answers

    To ask the Scottish Executive whether its contract with Sodexo for dairy products meets the criteria in the guidance, Catering for Change.

  • Forestry | Scottish Parliament written answers

    To ask the Scottish Executive how many hectares of commercial woodland have been replanted in order to offset wind energy technology projects in the national forestry estate in each year since 1999, also broken down by local authority area.

  • Forestry | Scottish Parliament written answers

    To ask the Scottish Executive how many hectares of commercial woodland from the national forestry estate will be required to be allocated to fulfil the wind energy proposal announced by the Minister for Environment on 20 February 2011, broken down by local authority area.