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Everyone acknowledges that the facility is superb but that, in time, a new building will have to be built so that capacity can be increased—there is a rising trend of need in the area.
It would be interesting to know how the Scottish Qualifications Authority intends to develop Gaelic qualifications to respond to the new and varying language needs that will obtain as a result of the bill.
As a legacy, we could pass on the fact that such issues must be thought about. I hope that if the new committee arranges anything in the new Parliament, there will be crèche facilities, so that parents can access events and bring their children with them.
Amendment 1, in the name of Tricia Marwick, is grouped with amendments 6, 22 to 24, 3, 4, 14 to 20, 25, 7, 26 and 9. If amendment 1 is agreed to, amendment 6 will be pre-empted.
To ask the Scottish Executive how many prosecutions there have been against retailers for selling knives to underage customers. In the period 1993-2002, the latest ten-year period for which data are available, two persons were proceeded against for an offence under section 141A of the Criminal Justice Act 1998.
To ask the Presiding Officer what the si'e is in square meters of the Holyrood site and what the si'e is in square meters of the building footprint for the latest designs produced by the design team.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
23 September 1999
GP Out of Hours arrangements are provided in a number of ways. The latest figures we have indicate that across Scotland there are 37 co-operatives, 23 rotas and 2 deputising services.
Therefore, I recommend that colleagues accept my amendments and amendments 5, 6 and 7 in the name of Mr Mundell, and I ask them not to move the other non-Executive amendments on sections 6, 7 and 8 of the bill.I move amendment 29.