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When the Tories were in power, they built four schools a year, which is quite impressive. However, Labour is building a new school every week, and soon a new school will be built every five days.
I am afraid that I must go to the Rural Development Committee later, but I can be here for questions to the minister.On behalf of the committee, I am pleased that the Deputy Minister for Finance and Public Services is visiting the committee for the first time.
I am afraid that I must go to the Rural Development Committee later, but I can be here for questions to the minister.On behalf of the committee, I am pleased that the Deputy Minister for Finance and Public Services is visiting the committee for the first time.
Members will have seen from their e-mail that the European ombudsman, Jacob Soderman, is visiting Parliament on 3 May at 10 am. He particularly wants to meet the Public Petitions Committee.
All members have a copy of it and of the previous written submission, which has been recirculated.I invite colleagues to kick off the questions. I have read the latest submission, which rather damns the minister's proposals with faint praise.
The preferred source for earningsestimates is the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), which is carried outby the Office for National Statistics. The latest earnings estimates available arefor April 2006.Table 1 shows the median full-timehourly earnings excluding overtime for selected Standard Industrial Classification(SIC) codes which encompass the ...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
1 February 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what the latest available information is on the average drive time to (a) post offices, (b) supermarkets, (c) primary schools and (d) GPs for residents of (i) Dundee, (ii) Angus and (iii) Aberdeenshire.