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I welcome the minister's comment. To ensure that new community schools work, will the minister establish realistic monitoring and evaluation that involves the stakeholders and the parents who use the schools, in order to ensure that money is spent on creating not only new schools, but new community schools?
Section 20—Interpretation Amendments 23 and 24 moved—Robert Brown—and agreed to. ScheduleRepeals Amendments 25 and 26 moved—Robert Brown—and agreed to.
Ken Macintosh raised the issue of consistency and not setting Jackie Baillie apart from any other proposed convener. I appreciate that I am a new member of the committee, but in future proposed conveners should be asked to come before us to answer briefly questions on some of the points that have been raised.
The four groups suggested are listed at the top of page 3, and members will note that the paper also suggests a new approach that Callum Thomson and I discussed last week.
In future, perhaps the committee should look at ways of getting our heads up in advance, so that we are not cornered into a position such as the present one.I am content with the answer that I received on moneys to local authorities. I was worried that the new regime would increase the financial burden on local authorities, with not much Government backing ...
I would like meetings with the Public Accounts Committee to help the smooth transition from the Westminster system to the new Scottish parliamentary system. That will be taken in hand.Do members wish to raise any other topics?
Certainly. It is appropriate that new proposals come from such organisations, whether on the opening of a new station, the opening of a new section of line or an improved frequency of service.
If the bill is passed and implemented, presumably EWS will surrender its pathing rights on the route over the Forth bridge in favour of the new rights to Longannet via the new railway.
The commitments that we made at this week's conference were part of that process. New funding initiatives, such as the new partnership with the Scottish university for industry, were announced, which open up many new development opportunities for nurses and all health care sta...