General Questions

John Scott S5O-00629 1. To ask the Scottish Government when the revised Scottish Wide Area Network project will be completed and delivered in full. Kate Forbes S5O-00630 2. To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh report, Standards informing delivery of care in rural surgery. Gil Paterson S5O-00631 3. To ask the Scottish Government how many people are registered with an NHS dentist, and how this compares with 2007. David Stewart S5O-00632 4. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will reconsider removing the board of Highlands and Islands Enterprise. Jamie Greene S5O-00633 5. To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the recent figures suggesting that Scottish exports to the rest of the UK were four times that of exports to the EU. Adam Tomkins S5O-00634 6. To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to improve levels of innovative activity in the economy. Ruth Maguire S5O-00635 7. To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to take forward the recommendations in the report, Joint Thematic Review of MAPPA in Scotland, which was published in November 2015. Murdo Fraser S5O-00636 8. To ask the Scottish Government what impact the business rates revaluation will have on the tourism and hospitality sectors. Gordon Lindhurst S5O-00637 9. To ask the Scottish Government what conclusions it has drawn from its latest trade statistics. Sandra White S5O-00638 10. To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to review the application of business rates.