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Given that public money has been invested in Renewable Devices, is the minister prepared to intervene to ensure that the 26 direct green jobs and up to 500 indirect green jobs in this fledgling Scottish industry are protected?
Pension Schemes To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer by Sarah Boyack to question S1W-6117 on 26 June 2000, whether it will outline the process involved in winding up the two Scottish Transport Group pension schemes.
The focus is on getting people into employment, getting them a certificate and meeting the 13-week target. The 26-week pilot is a good idea, but do you think that there is a connection between the funding mechanism and some of the things that are being done?
Last week, I had the pleasure of visiting the new school at Butterstone by Dunkeld, which was set up as an independent specialist school in the early 1990s by Veronica Linklater—Baroness Linklater of Butterstone.
Is part of it up and running already? On visits to fiscals' offices, I have been aware that something has been going on and that new systems are being tested.
To assist the committee's consideration of the matter we forwarded, on 26 November, to the committee clerk a summary of the responses received and details of how we have subsequently amended the code.