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I was disappointed when Keith Halliwell, on his visit here, suggested that the police should be left to decide which users of cannabis should be lifted and which should be left.
Amendment 38 would add the advisory council to the list of bodies subject to the commissioner for public appointments in Scotland. Amendment 26 would clarify the tenure of office for members of the new body.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
22 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many new sheltered housing complexes were built by (a) social landlords other than local authorities and (b) private developers, broken down by local authority area, in each year since 1999.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
29 August 2002
We must ensure that the Big Lottery Fund, as a new organisation with a new purpose, locks into some of your processes of planning, delivering and reviewing objectives.
The key issue is the conflict between the desire that public expenditure should buy the service outcomes that we all want and the fact that there can be too much impetus just to get the money spent, which takes us back to the bad old days when people said, "Let's paint some rooms and buy some new carpets."
That is fine, but let me take the minister to another point in the bill. Proposed new subsection (1B)(b) of section 28 of the 1995 act says that proposed new subsection (1A)"applies even if release of the accused would be required but for that subsection."
The Finance Committee has agreed to appoint two reporters to investigate issues relating to the relocation and to ask SNH to provide the latest estimate of the cost of moving to Inverness.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
12 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S2W-31849 by Rhona Brankin on 26 February 2007, what types of target and measurement mechanism will be included in its national race equality strategy and action plan.