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When the Conservatives introduce proposals to fund more new police officers, assuming that we get the support of other parties in the Parliament, will the First Minister give them serious consideration or is his mind now closed on the issue?
I state clearly that before the last election, when I was convener of the previous European and External Relations Committee, we warned the then Government that it had to put in place decent interim arrangements for the new structural funds. Although I am more than happy to pass on to my appropriate colleagues Mr McNeil's concern, I tell him that the situat...
It happened one afternoon during our first week in the manse, when I got fed up with unpacking the cardboard boxes that the removal men had stacked in the middle of our living room, and decided instead to set off to explore my new surroundings.It was a glorious, sunny spring day.
That should not surprise us, though; after all, that is exactly what he did when he turned the tragedy of Jesus's crucifixion on Good Friday into the joy of his resurrection on Easter day: when he took death and gave back new life; when he changed despair into hope; when out of darkness he brought light.God's activity in the lives of prisoners may not alway...
The circumstances of the petitioner are so individual that PE1060 throws up no new issues for our consideration. It is clear that the gentleman in question was not a tenant of the property before November 2002.
I share the member's view and confirm that the figure for the withdrawn attendance allowance is now £30 million a year. Earlier this week, the new Prime Minister made the perfectly legitimate comment that Scotland had to live within its means and that no more money would be provided as a result of decisions that we make in the Parliament.
The various categories of expenditure collected in the returns (including the Adults with Mental Health Needs category) are based on guidance provided to councils in the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) Best Value Accounting Code of Practice 2008.
One is on energy deregulation. The latest studies show that simple free-market energy deregulation helps everyone and is best value, particularly for disadvantaged groups.
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-37308 by Adam Ingram on 5 November 2010, whether the £100,000 funding made available is new funding. No, the £100,000 funding is provided from existing funding streams.