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It would be valuable to exert more effort to establish what enacting new legislation means for staff hours—whether those of police or support staff—because only then would we know the true cost of any new initiative.
Much work has still to bedone on the detail of the new tourism network, and how it will work, but areadestination marketing will be carried out by the tourism hubs which will makeup the new network.
During the two four-day holiday periods over Christmas and the new year, demand for the service increased by 15 per cent, but response times were at an historically high level.
Ministers will certainly do everything that they can following the transition, which has now happened, to ensure that the new contractor is up to speed in getting the systems in place as effectively as possible.
Will the minister reassure me that the Executive supports and encourages councils in using their new powers and that there are no political reasons for their not being employed?
It will modernise the GDC's fitness-to-practise procedures for dealing with misconduct and ill health among dental professionals, it will introduce new procedures to tackle poor performance and it will establish a new private complaints system and introduce compulsory indemnity for dentists and PCDs before registrati...
We will also ensure that the area is properly connected to the rest of Scotland and beyond.This week, I have been delighted to see yet again the success of the new air routes in and out of Glasgow and Prestwick.
In planning, the partnership agreement commits us to setting minimum standards for open space in new developments.A range of initiatives that is funded by our new £104 million community regeneration fund will contribute to improving the environment in the most deprived 15 per cent of areas as identified in the Scotti...