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Besides the bureaucracy that is involved in best value, performance criteria, league tables and other central Government demands, new responsibilities are constantly being given to it.
Scottish ParliamentAudit CommitteeTuesday 26 October 1999(Afternoon) The Convener opened the meeting at 14:00 I open this meeting—I have resisted the temptation to say, "Order, order," so I am glad that I am learning good new habits.
I hope that you enjoy yourself in your new, more junior, committee.This is also the last meeting that Judith Evans will clerk because, unfortunately, she is also leaving us.
(S1O-6703) In a parliamentary answer to Alasdair Morrison on 20 March, I announced that Loganair had been awarded the contract for the Barra to Glasgow air service for 2003-04 and that we would tender a new contract from April 2004 to March 2006.
We are working hard to achieve those objectives. The new products and services divisions of Kvaerner Energy Ltd in Clydebank have been bought by GE Caledonian, which is a huge success story.
You might be aware that Scottish building regulations were reviewed in 2002. They are now the best thermal insulation standards in the UK and are comparable with the best in Europe.