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I know that this committee is always in favour of having more procedure but, of course, there are other codes of practice under the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 that are not subject to procedure.
We believe that they are the sort of people who will staff the senior management positions in the new companies, or start up new companies of their own, of which we have a number currently running.
The Scottish Prison Service's response was that one new prison has no completion date until the contract is awarded "in due course", and that one new prison is now under the planning appeal process, which could take some considerable time.