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Finally, will he advise whether he has ruled out new build in Peebles? I do not mean to be personal, Presiding Officer, but I am sorry that Sir David Steel is not here.
It refers to "inflation uplift"—I think that is the expression used—which is the latest ministerial formulation for price increase.At this stage, I am looking for an explanation from the minister of what the charging schemes will be required to say about inflation uplift.
It was refreshing not to talk to Scottish Enterprise Fife about redundancies—I am being serious. That is a good example of new and helpful partnership working.
The Scottish Parliament has the power to set up new bodies. One of the effects of this Sewel motion will be to ensure that any body that is established by this Parliament falls under the aegis of the new council.
The five issues are, first, to confer a new power on the Lord Advocate that will enable him to issue guidance to regulatory enforcers in relation to the new offence of deliberately making a false audit report; secondly, to confer a new power on Scottish ministers to allow them...
As I have said before, one of the tragedies of last year's examinations chaos was the fact that the new national qualifications were perhaps discredited.