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I was responding to the earlier suggestion from Bob Doris—he wants to make a contribution on the second of the three petitions. I am trying my best to treat the petitions independently, while recognising that they have all been submitted because of views on the rationalisation and closure process in one local authority area.
The policy of successive Administrations has been that those issues are best dealt with by the professionalism and expertise of the funding council, free from political interference.
When we receive a response, we will consider when we might timetable a session with the commissioners.The other letters that we have received since we received the letter from the Crown Estate provide additional information and, in some cases, raise quite specific issues. We will do our best to elicit from the Crown Estate some of the information that is re...
In other words, we need to consider the projects and, provided that we are satisfied in principle that they are in Scotland's best interest, that parliamentary scrutiny, together with ministerial decision making, would signal that they could go through a foreshortened detailed planning inquiry.
It would be useful to have a good summary of the potential options and why some are better than others, so that we can see whether there is a Scottish consensus on how best to capture and measure economic information.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
21 February 2008
By using our expenditure next year to lever in additional investment we expect to deliver over £600 million of investment in new affordable housing supply, helping to support around 7,500 jobs.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
26 November 2010
Made in Scotland was subsequently sold by STV to Australia and New Zealand, and across the UK. Scotland Revealed was sold to the USA, Australia, New Zealand, and Russia.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
21 September 2010
The map will be a useful tool to help identify opportunities to maximise the use of renewable heat within all planned new developments (industrial, commercial and domestic) and refurbishment projects.