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The project willfocus on the engineering achievements of Thomas Telford (1757-1834) in the Highlands.Telford’s work to open up the Highland landscape to human movement included theconstruction of the Caledonian Canal, 920 miles of new roads, numerous bridgesand 32 new churches, all important components of the built h...
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Date answered:
14 August 2006
The Scottish Executive and the HomeOffice have also worked together on a range of measures within the new system formanaged migration that was announced by the Home Secretary on 7 March when he launchedA Points-Based System: Making Migration Work for Britain (available on theHome Office website).
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Date answered:
12 December 2005
From 2004-05, following the introduction of a new prudential regime (for local authority capital finance), local authorities have the flexibility to determine their own programmes for capital investment.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
20 April 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions took place between it and the UK Government prior to the Chancellor of the Exchequer's Budget 2005 announcement that the Office of Fair Trading, the Hearing Aid Council, the British Hallmarking Council and the National Weights and Measures Laboratory are to be merged to form the new Consumer and Trading Standards Agency; which ministers participated in any discussions; whether it will place the minutes of any discussions in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre; whether the new agency will have offices in Scotland; how it will report to the Executive and the Parliament; who will appoint its board; what role the Executive will have in such appointments, and how much of the agency's budget will be for devolved functions.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
20 October 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many new homes have been financed by Communities Scotland, expressed as a percentage of the estimated overall demand in each local authority area.