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I also remind him that it is good news—in my mind, although obviously not in his—if a firm looks at a possible market, believes that it can get into that market and create employment, and is putting £10 million of its own money up front for that purpose.
At the moment, for example, Scottish MPs are examining the new deal. I know that Mr Salmond will join me in rejoicing at the fact that, during the past 18 months, youth unemployment in Scotland has been cut by 59 per cent, which is excellent.
The figure of £500,000 relates to the predicted increase in administrative costs as a result of the new provisions, such as the cost of administering the new list.
Many of those regulations provide more detail on how some provisions of the act should operate in practice.The 2003 act provided for a limited number of regulations to be made under the affirmative procedure, such as those that appear on the agenda today. In general, they will make new provisions on specific matters, such as the cross-border transfer of pat...
Last week, the First Minister asked all members of the Scottish Parliament to mark the opening of this fabulous new Parliament building by raising our game.