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If the Scottish Executive commissioned work on new needs assessments in, for example, 2002, would you expect the Executive to be able to use those new needs assessments to distribute grant?
Although I appreciate that no one wants a situation in which primary legislation is needed to give these particular powers to any new authority that might be created, these powers are fairly draconian and I would welcome some balance.
Guess what the website says—that there will be "a new rail link, new railway station".The best part is that the airport does not even have any passengers yet—yet it is still getting a new rail link.
Nobody ever asked me whether a 13-week job is sustainable. I was asked whether the new deal is effective and I indicated the number of people who are getting sustainable jobs through the new deal.