Written Assembly Questions tabled on 22 March 2012 for answer on 29 March 2012
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(Self identifying Question no. shown in brackets)
To ask the First Minister
Antoinette Sandbach (North Wales): On how many occasions have Welsh Ministers taken public transport to official engagements during the Fourth Assembly. (WAQ60011)
To ask the Minister for Business, Enterprise, Technology and Science
Mark Isherwood (North Wales): How will Enterprise Zone Boards ensure local accountability. (WAQ59993)
Mark Isherwood (North Wales): What is the ratio of members on the Enterprise Zone boards from the public and private sectors. (WAQ59994)
Mark Isherwood (North Wales): How were Enterprise Zone Board Chairs chosen and how are they accountable to local government and local partnerships. (WAQ59995)
Mark Isherwood (North Wales): What is the period of office for Enterprise Zone Board Chairs. (WAQ59996)
Mark Isherwood (North Wales): What advice did the UK Treasury give to local authorities about Enhanced Capital Allowance in relation to Enterprise Zones in Wales and when was the advice given. (WAQ59997)
Mark Isherwood (North Wales): What written guidance has been given to local authorities at each stage of developing their Enterprise Zone proposals. (WAQ59998)
David Melding (South Wales Central): What is the Minister doing to increase Wales’ proportion of high-web businesses. (WAQ60000)
Eluned Parrott (South Wales Central): Will the Minister outline how the new EU European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) funding programme can support the delivery of ‘Sustaining a Living Wales’. (WAQ60001)
Antoinette Sandbach (North Wales): Will the Minister confirm i) the current status of the Glastir monitoring contract, ii) the total tender amount, and iii) identify what measures and/or outcomes are to be monitored. (WAQ60003)
Antoinette Sandbach (North Wales): Will the Minister provide a breakdown of the costs associated with the establishment of a Welsh database for electronic sheep identification. (WAQ60010)
To ask the Minister for the Environment and Sustainable Development
Antoinette Sandbach (North Wales): During the development of its Bovine TB Eradication Strategy what assessment did the Welsh Government make of the costs associated with any legal challenge to its policies. (WAQ60004)
Antoinette Sandbach (North Wales): Will the Minister confirm that badger vaccination was, separately, the Chief Veterinary Officer for Wales and the Chief Scientific Adviser to the Welsh Government’s preferred option for reducing the incidence of bovine TB in wildlife in TB hotspots. (WAQ60005)
Antoinette Sandbach (North Wales): Will the Minister confirm that the Bovine TB Expert Review Panel fully endorse the Welsh Government’s new TB Eradication Strategy. (WAQ60006)
Antoinette Sandbach (North Wales): Further to the Minister’s statement on 20th March, will he detail the conditions that would have to be met in order to justify the use of culling within the Welsh Government’s TB Eradication Programme. (WAQ60007)
Antoinette Sandbach (North Wales): What consideration has the Minister given to the introduction of tubular valuation for cattle culled due to Bovine TB during the Fourth Assembly. (WAQ60008)
Antoinette Sandbach (North Wales): On how many occasions, and on what dates, has the Minister and /or his officials met representatives from the Badger trust during the Fourth Assembly. (WAQ60009)
Antoinette Sandbach (North Wales): Will the Minister confirm what internal and external legal advice the Welsh Government received in relation to its Bovine TB Eradication Strategy announced on 20 March 2012. (WAQ60012)
To ask the Minister for Finance and Leader of the House
Antoinette Sandbach (North Wales): Will the Minister detail the total costs associated with the cars provided to Welsh Government Cabinet Members in each of the last three years, including purchase and maintenance costs. (WAQ60002)
To ask the Minister for Housing, Regeneration and Heritage
Mark Isherwood (North Wales): Now that Flintshire’s tenants have voted against stock transfer what alternative options exist for the County to fund and achieve the Welsh Housing Quality Standard (WHQS). (WAQ59999)