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Although it would be inappropriate for me to get involved in an individual application to the new opportunities fund, I agree that it is important that projects that are established using new opportunities fund money have the chance to sustain their development.
There is no mention of it in the latest Scottish Homes consultation document on its race equality strategy, which leaves it up to housing providers to claim money in the name of ethnic minorities.
Now, come on— I will give the minister a chance to answer that point. Richard Lochhead made a rather cheap remark. I have made absolutely clear my concern about the matter.
In the first instance, it is worth pointing out that neither the Scottish National Party nor the Conservative party shares a monopoly of concern about the news that we all received last week on the Holyrood project.
We are attracting international companies to bring new investment into Scotland, such as Barclays, which recently announced 500 new jobs, First Data, which announced 430 new jobs, Shell, which announced 100 new jobs, BSkyB, J P Morgan, ...
Waste Water Services To ask the Scottish Executive how it will ensure that waste water services are not adversely affected by new housing developments. (S2O-6969) Where Scottish Water believes that the waste water infrastructure is inadequate to support a proposed new development, it will advise the local planning a...
New Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh(Food Hygiene) To ask the Scottish Executive what powers it has to intervene if it is dissatisfied with food hygiene standards at the new royal infirmary of Edinburgh.
Do you agree that if Sunday working and Christmas and new year holiday working were normalised, that might impinge on the terms and conditions of workers who already have to work at Christmas and new year on a rotation basis?
The idea is worth exploring, but we must take such action in a way that does not compromise public safety. In section 26(2) of the bill, proposed new section 160(1A)(b) of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 mentions"trees, groups of trees or woodlands … of cultural or historical significance."