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Information on the costs of overseastravel by these ministers for the period 1 April 2003 to31 March 2004 is provided today in the answer to S2W-9345, theannual parliamentary question on costs of ministerial visits overseas. S2W-08738
His response is as follows:The Assisted Prison Visit Scheme cost is charged to SPS by the Home Office without identification of the costs for individual prisons.
First, the SNP says, "Vote for us—we will cancel the project and cut capital funding." and then it goes on, "We might come back with a new proposal." Why was that new proposal not made during the bill's progress?
SEA is a vital tool in our work to ensure that when we seek to introduce new public plans for change in Scotland the environment is fully taken into account, not as an afterthought, but up front in the first stages of development of any new strategy, plan or programme.I have set out the general principles that we see...
I am delighted that Lewis Shand Smith is with me today, as he takes the lead responsibility in the local government field. He visited all 32 local authorities—I visited almost all of them.