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It is interesting to hear the First Minister talk about local democracy, given that most of the funding is so ring-fenced that the councils are hamstrung and unable to set their own budgets.
Consequently, I invite Mr Maxwell to withdraw amendment 66 and not to move the other amendments in the group. Stewart, would you like to press amendment 66 or seek agreement to withdraw it?
There are only two before us, on which no points arise.That brings us—in the absence of Fergus Ewing's constituency interest in any of those orders—to a record conclusion.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
1 September 2004
I would not interfere in operational matters of this nature. I would, however, point out that delays in commissioning work of this nature can be caused by a number of factors beyond the control of Scottish Water.
Planned developments (including plans to display live CCTV pictures of traffic conditions at stress points on the trunk road network) are all on schedule.
Des McNulty may want to jump in. I had a general point about how we handle petitions. It might be better to deal with Murray Tosh's point and I will make my general point afterwards.
The newsletter will be sent out to groups in hard copy and it will be published on the website. I will take the committee through the briefing paper paragraph by paragraph.