HC Deb 22 January 1990 vol 165 cc545-6W
Mr. Ingram

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) what is the number of actual jobs created in each of the last five years by new companies and organisations or Government Departments locating in Scotland;

Mr. Sillars

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what recent meetings he has held with judges of the Court of Session.

Mr. Rifkind

I have meetings with judges of the Court of Session from time to time.

Mr. Sillars

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what recent meetings the Lord Advocate has had with judges of the Court of Session.

Mr. Rifkind

The Lord Advocate has meetings with judges at the Court of Session from time to time.

Mr. Sillars

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland whether any recent information has been given by Crown Office officials to the Lord President of the Court of Session.

Mr. Rifkind

Information on a wide range of matters is made available on a regular basis by officials of the Lord Advocate to the Lord President of the Court of Session and to his officers of court.

Mr. Sillars

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland whether being a practising homosexual within the law bars the nomination and appointment of persons to the Court of Session, or requires resignation from among those presently appointed.

Mr. Rifkind

There is no such legal bar.