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To ask the Scottish Executive what public transport options it anticipates will serve the new Scottish Parliament and whether a new railway station at Abbeyhill will be one option under consideration.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
9 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications to the New Opportunities Fund have been unsuccessful and what total amount of funding was sought by unsuccessful applications.
We wish to avoid ill-considered responses driven by the February deadline for introduction of the new "days at sea" regime (Annex XVII of the new total allowable catch and Quota Regulation).
That is why SNH's announcement yesterday that it is not seeking confirmation of four sites in the south of Scotland is welcome news, as it will allow a breathing space for full scientific evaluation and proper consultation to take place.
I cannot give you hard numbers but, to my mind, the recidivism rate is much lower than it was in the past, so in that respect the number of new sex offences has been reduced. With any crime, there will always be new offences carried out by the new and upcoming generation, in t...
The very same people who are currently employed in highly skilled refitting, engineering and technical jobs could be just as well employed on new ferries, new trains, new buses, magnetic resonance imaging or kidney machines and so on.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
28 November 2006