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The Executive is aware of a small number of community groups – less than 10 - who might consider purchasing land under the new scheme.As with other community buy-outs the Big Lottery Fund Scottish Land Fund is only one source of potential public and private sector assistance available to communities considering land ...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
28 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how community land buy-out projects will raise the required capital resources necessary for good stewardship and efficient management of land.
I would be surprised if there were many cultural differences between ourselves and the Irish and New Yorkers. We will take evidence from New York next week by video link.
I note such ideas as:"Scotland should have a body equivalent to the Westminster Foundation for Democracy".New links have been established with that body in the past couple of months and some MSPs are now participating in its work and have visited south-eastern Europe.
Scotland-Now showcases modern Scotland as a great place to liveand work, visit, study and invest.We communicate regularly withthe diaspora, alumni and people with an affinity towards Scotland electronicallythrough regular updates.
In fact, work started last week on the Western general car park. People visiting the Western general pay £1 a visit compared with £10 a day at the Edinburgh royal infirmary.
All of us—whether we are employed or not and regardless of where we work or what we do—can benefit from learning new skills and developing new interests.