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Mr Michael Howard's desire to sook up to Murdoch by disconnecting the BBC from its core public service obligation and by supporting the efforts of News International to become the most significant provider of news is well understood.
It is therefore with regret that I must say that it has proved impossible for the SNP to agree to the latest proposals. The SNP group will vote against them.
The stated purpose of those specific duties is to ensure better performance by the listed authorities of their general statutory duty to have due regard to the need to eliminate unlawful discrimination and harassment and to promote equality of opportunity between men and women in performing their functions.
For the most part, those are new powers for agencies to consider in the light of local strategies, local circumstances and the available alternatives, rather than new duties imposed on the agencies.
The Emergency Workers (Scotland) Act2005 came into force on 9 May 2005. The latest available figures indicate that 77% of the249 prosecutions so far completed have resulted in a conviction.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
28 November 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) fatal and (b) serious injuries have occurred in sand and gravel and hard rock quarries in the latest period for which figures are available.