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To ask the Scottish Executive whether it understood that (a) jobs or (b) investment in Scotland would be at risk if the News Corporation bid for BSkyB did not progress and, if so, what this would entail.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
14 November 2011
However, passengers and satisfaction levels will be a crucially important consideration when determining the content and specification of the new rail passenger contract. S4W-01631
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will introduce a new graduate apprenticeship scheme and how much it estimates that each apprenticeship will cost.
I met with Strathclyde Partnership for Transport on 27 January 2011 and also on 23 February 2011, when I opened the new park and ride facility at Croy. We discussed a range of issues, including the subway modernisation.
Preparations are underway to allow work to begin immediately after the formation of the new government in May 2016. A specific date will be agreed with review group representatives.