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I would like to stress that the wider programme involves having a representative of the voluntary sector on every partnership board, and spending £2 million in the next three years on a new national skills development programme for community representatives, so that they can influence decision making in their local areas.
The Government has made available a substantial additional sum of money—some £27 million— through the new deal for schools, of which Dumfries and Galloway Council has had an allocation of about £1.5 million, which should help it to tackle its problems.
The first item of business this morning is the debate on motion S1M-52 on the proposals for the development of the new Parliament building at Holyrood, and an amendment to the motion.
We are in a grey area between the old regime and the new, and we must be tolerant. Members cannot ask about, and ministers should not answer on, subjects for which the Executive is not yet responsible.
As Transforming WasteScotland is a national lottery programme, funded by the New Opportunities Fund,it is for the New Opportunities Fund and their agents to consider whatguidelines and criteria should be provided to applicants.
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with Dumfries and Galloway Council about the timetable for the construction of the new footbridge at Lockerbie Station and when the project will be completed.
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it is taking to promote the tourism and export opportunities for Fife from the new Rosyth to Zeebrugge ferry service.