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There are no current plans to change these powers or to establish a new Ombudsman.The Scottish Executive proposes to consult on the role of public sector Ombudsmen in the autumn.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
21 December 1999
To ask the Scottish Executive how many new jobs forecast by projects supported by Locate in Scotland between April 1998 and April 1999 have so far been created.
Executive amendment 604 proposes the deletion of section 83 and Executive amendment 612 will introduce a new section after section 90 as a replacement.
For example, in the case of the Glasgow schools project, the successful bidder came up with a proposal that involved 12 new schools when the council expected to get only two new schools.
—Official Report, Education Committee, 26 May 2004; c 1469-70. At that point, the minister showed his willingness to learn from the pilot scheme and to legislate if that turned out to be necessary.
BSE and New Variant CJD The final item of business is the members' business debate on motion S1M-2592, in the name of Kenneth Macintosh, on the continuing presence of bovine spongiform encephalopathy and new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.