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Item 3 is consideration of arrangements for our forthcoming inquiry into the latest of the Auditor General for Scotland's overview reports on further education colleges in Scotland.
I hope, bearing in mind the number of new points—they were certainly new to us—that were raised last week, that I will not stretch the convener's famous latitude too much.
Europe Familiarisation Scheme The final matter on the agenda is consideration of the committee's nominee to participate in the European Parliament study visit. I nominate the convener to be our representative on that visit.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
12 February 2003
It is only possible to compare the Scottish figures with the same time period for previous years. The latest available seasonally unadjusted unemployment rate for September to November 2002 for Scotland is 156,000 (6.1%).
Today should not be about lulling the public into a false sense of security that something new is happening, because so far today we have heard nothing new from the minister.
That is true for any building—I am sure that everyone here has moved into a new office before.The new building will have possibly 1,000 users on site, plus hundreds of thousands of visitors.
However, because concerns about mobile technology—specifically TETRA—persist, the latest independent research programme funded by the Home Office was set up two years ago.
It is already an offence for a person to obstruct such officers while they are enforcing existing legislation.Section 26 of the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1868 provides powers to enter and remain on land to prevent or detect offences against salmon fisheries legislation.
Part of the reason why people are still saying that is that, although the COPFS gives information to its staff about new initiatives and new staff who are coming in, pressure arises from the need to absorb the changes and the new information.