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Official Report Meeting date: 21 April 2004

Environment and Rural Development Committee, 21 Apr 2004

Target 1 is:"Improve public water supplies".Target 2 is:"Reduce the number of sewage treatment works not in compliance".There seems to be no budget line for the provision of new infrastructure for new developments.

Official Report Meeting date: 3 December 2002

Local Government Committee, 03 Dec 2002

I am sorry; there is more to come.Convener, you might want to cultivate my support for any new ideas and I am sure that you would want any new ideas to germinate properly, take root and blossom into new opportunities.

Official Report Meeting date: 21 June 2001

Plenary, 21 Jun 2001

Their members have, over the years, provided valuable public service and contributed substantially to the well-being of Scotland. In the new context of devolution, questions have rightly been raised in public and political discussion about their representativeness, accountability and openness.Scotland's 183 public bodies are immensely diverse and only a case-by-case review could properly determine their relevance and utility in their new context.

Official Report Meeting date: 24 January 2001

Transport and the Environment Committee, 24 Jan 2001

We recognise that railways cost a considerable amount of money—investing in new trains and track does not come cheap.

Official Report Meeting date: 24 June 1999

Plenary, 24 Jun 1999

Scottish taxpayers rightly expect the new Executive and this Parliament to spend money wisely and to try to extract more from the pot that we inherit.

Official Report Meeting date: 4 March 2003

Justice 2 Committee, 04 Mar 2003

I presume that you are satisfied that the new board will achieve that. I am indeed.

Official Report Meeting date: 26 November 2002

Local Government Committee, 26 Nov 2002

Interested parties, including local authorities, the Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scotland and Unison, said that new private water supplies regulations that are due to come into force in 2003 will have significant financial implications for citizens and business.In the recent Scottish budget, money was allocated for grants to bring private supplies up to new standards—£22 million in the period 2003 to 2006.

Official Report Meeting date: 14 September 2000

Plenary, 14 Sep 2000

There has been a growing tendency for couples with children to resort to the accusation of unreasonable behaviour to constitute the grounds for divorce. In 1998, which is the latest year for which full statistics are available, 54 per cent of divorces of couples with children proceeded on the grounds of fault.Accusations of fault may be necessary where ther...

Official Report Meeting date: 29 March 2006

Plenary, 29 Mar 2006

I sympathise with Margaret Smith's view on that, but the committee did consider the issue. We visited the site and walked around it.

Official Report Meeting date: 4 April 2000

Local Government Committee, 04 Apr 2000

Jamie Stone and I were at a seminar on our marvellous new Parliament building, which overran a little.

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