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The context for the petition is the Scottish Motor Neurone Disease Association's "Manifesto for the Scottish Parliament". At its meeting on 26 November 2003, the committee agreed to seek the views of the Executive on the petition.
It was agreed that John McAllion should contact the Executive to seek further clarification on a number of points. A reply was received on 26 August. Members are invited to note the response and to consider whether the committee should take any further action in relation to the petition.
Motion moved, That the Parliament agrees the following programme of business— Wednesday 25 April 2001 2.30 pm Time for Reflection followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions followed by Executive Debate on Scotland's Skills for Tomorrow 5.00 pm Decision Time followed by Members' Business Thursday 26 April 2001 9.30 am Scottish National Party Business followed ...
Scottish ParliamentHealth and Community Care CommitteeTuesday 26 October 1999(Morning) The Convener opened the meeting at 09:16 Good morning, everybody.
Those who are settling in Scotland appear keen to give something to their new communities. In Edinburgh, for example, one in five new volunteers is from European Union accession countries, particularly Poland.So what has changed?
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
28 February 2006
A total of 382 crofters have exercised their right to buy their crofts directly from Scottish ministers since the enactment of the Crofting Reform Act 1976, which conferred new rights on crofters to acquire subjects tenanted or occupied by them.
First, we are not suggesting that anybody who currently has the right to buy should lose it; rather, we suggest that there should be no right to buy for new tenancies that will be created after the Scottish social tenancy comes into effect.