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To ask the Scottish Executive what the reasons are for the rise in the number of people experiencing waiting times of 26 weeks or more and 52 weeks or more in clinics in the Greater Glasgow NHS Board area over the last three years.
I think that we should delay the taking of evidence from Scottish Executive officials until 26 April.I suggested to Laurence that we have two lists of potential visits: one of visits that the committee will undertake and a second of visits that Laurence suggests that those of us who are particularly interested in the issue could make.
Are there proposals for training for solicitors and police officers on how the new legislation will operate? I will deal with the member’s questions in reverse order.
Spain, Kuwait and Abu Dhabi—the arc of desperation for new teachers.Allison’s e-mail says at the top:“I’d love to be there myself”—she means at the committee—“however I am lucky enough to have 2 hours work today.”What is the First Minister’s advice to Allison?
I hope that if I am privileged enough to be returned to the Parliament, the petition will be among those that the new petitions committee has to look at after May 2011.16:00 I do not have a lot to add, other than to note the strength of feeling behind the petition, which was evidenced at a previous meeting of the committee and at the big launch that took pl...
It also says that, if Aberdeenshire Council approves new housing in Laurencekirk—the issue that has just been raised—a grade-separated junction will need to be built, but the council or the developer should pay for that.I maintain that the facts speak for themselves.
Over the next 12 months, the Scottish Government will provide 34,500 training opportunities, 15,000 modern apprenticeships, 14,500 training places and 5,000 new flexible training opportunities.
I remind the First Minister of Scotland that his Government signed the contract for the new chief executive of Scottish Enterprise and that his Government agreed to pay that person the same salary of £200,000 as the previous chief executive was paid, despite the fact that his Government had cut the organisation in half.
What percentage of that went directly to creating new jobs? The accelerated capital spending was part of the recovery programme that generated 5,000 jobs across Scotland.Iain Gray is quite right.