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To ask the Scottish Executive what its views are on the concern expressed by both the Rural Stirling Housing Association and the Scottish Federation of Housing Association that the proposals to introduce the "right to buy" for housing association tenants would lead to a reduction in the housing stock available in rural Stirling for social needs.
The suggestion is that a copy of the latest letter from the minister's office should be passed to the petitioner for his information and that no further action should be taken, on the basis that most of the additional points that the petitioner raises have been answered in the minister's letter.
Do you suggest that, under the proposed new rule, the substitutes for parties that already have nominated substitutes should be those persons, or could the parties nominate new substitutes?
We shall ask the question then.No points arise in relation to section 26 on ancillary provision. Similarly, no points arise in relation to section 27 on orders and regulations.
A copy of the written report that was submitted has been circulated.The committee considered the petition on 26 September, when it agreed to appoint John Munro and Richard Lochhead as reporters to consider the issues raised and the mechanisms and terms of reference for any inquiry into the environmental impact of sea cage fish farming.