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Will he and his ministerial colleagues vigorously support efforts to find a positive way forward by using those balances or by using some other method? There is a new convener in place and I understand that there will be a new administration, although it will not be chosen until 19 March.
We are tackling homelessness and introducing new rights for housing tenants. We have introduced new funding, through the prudential borrowing regime, for local social housing.
At that time, we mentioned the vital role that the obligation had played in what most people regard as the welcome growth of new renewable generating capacity in Scotland.
The other one is "The Commissioning Maze", which considers the barriers across different agencies, something about which the committee—quite correctly—has indicated concern, with pooled budgets perhaps being the preferred practice. The latest paper is the Scottish Office action plan, "Modernising Community Care".
They will act as something of a steppingstone to enable the new Scotland-wide network to be established and, as far asusers of the network are concerned, we do not envisage that two new ATBs willbe prominent.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
24 January 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive why introduction of the new GP contract has been delayed until 21 February 2003 and when the contract will be fully implemented.