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Official Report Meeting date: 6 September 2006

Plenary, 06 Sep 2006

We have cut business rates and invested in colleges and universities; we have built and are building new railways; we have bought new trains, opened new stations and supported dozens of new international air routes.

Official Report Meeting date: 26 September 2002

Plenary, 26 Sep 2002

He did not think that the people who own the Chinese restaurant that he visits regularly would mind his using that word.

Official Report Meeting date: 8 May 2001

Local Government Committee, 08 May 2001

How could the GAE be so wrong, and is there any indication that that will be addressed in the not-too-distant future? It is not a new burden as per the definition of a new burden.

Official Report Meeting date: 5 October 2006

Plenary, 05 Oct 2006

The policy of free personal care explores new territory. Sometimes, the civil service is not very good at exploring new territory, and it takes a while to clarify what people think.

Official Report Meeting date: 3 December 2002

Procedures Committee, 03 Dec 2002

For example, the Social Justice Committee could visit social inclusion partnership areas.

Official Report Meeting date: 9 December 2003

Subordinate Legislation Committee, 09 Dec 2003

It could be argued that the section is dealing with a new area and that it is therefore difficult to know what regulations might be required.

Official Report Meeting date: 18 March 2003

Subordinate Legislation Committee, 18 Mar 2003

This raises a question that we have considered once before: must the board be stood down before a new board can be elected, or can a statutory instrument be used to make the change in one fell swoop?

Official Report Meeting date: 30 January 2002

Standards Committee, 30 Jan 2002

The problem is that, if we do not have an equivalent for MSPs, the new provisions will be seen as a dilution.Perhaps in time people might consider that the conclusions at which we are arriving are much more measured than the approach that was taken in the Ethical Standards in Public Life etc (Scotland) Act 2000.

Official Report Meeting date: 7 September 1999

Finance Committee, 07 Sep 1999

I can see no reason why we should not have a standardised or new procedure whereby the motion is published at the same time as stage 1.

Official Report Meeting date: 29 June 1999

Procedures Committee, 29 Jun 1999

We were not convinced that there should be a new rule, but that must be looked at in the overall context of debates.

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