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To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to support and promote light rail in Scotland. I refer Mr MacAskill to my answer to question S1W-3450 on 7 February 2000.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider imposing on local authorities a statutory duty to promote home safety and ensure that necessary funding is provided for this function.
First, I want to address the central point of the bill—the creation of the new commission. That members throughout the chamber view the new commission as a positive additional safeguard is to be welcomed.
I give the member an absolute assurance that we will continue in the same vein over the period of this spending review and the next. I welcome the latest figures from the minister, which show that we are down to low levels of cash carryover.
For too long, authorities have been asked to absorb great and beautiful new ideas that do not look expensive but which turn out to cost a lot of money.
That is very welcome, because civic and political Scotland has joined with the legal profession to promote the legislation that we are debating today.Is mesothelioma a big problem?