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That work continued in this chamber on 1 July 1999, when the late Donald Dewar said:"today there is a new voice in the land, the voice of a democratic Parliament.
We have a good relationship with independent schools. I appreciate that there are new burdens for the independent sector—for example, the McCrone settlement is an additional burden and the new probationer scheme is a potential additional burden.
I also ask him to ensure that smolt and brood stock producers will qualify for the £9 million that is available under the new Highlands and Islands Enterprise scheme.
There have been a variety of tragic cases in the United Kingdom, recently and stretching back over 25 years—there have been 26 child deaths in that period as well as other cases of serious abuse.
Those discussions will get under way on 26 February, when there will be a meeting of officials in Edinburgh.I will speak briefly about the recent discussions on a cod recovery plan, about which I am pleased that we have at last reached agreement.
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?