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If a vote is required on the four candidates because agreement cannot be reached on a block vote, the new procedures will allow for a fairly speedy yes, no or abstain option on each candidate in a single round of voting.
We record our thanks to you and Ben Wallace for the effort that you put into the inquiry, which is a good piece of work. It is good news that the network is being established.
We record our thanks to you and Ben Wallace for the effort that you put into the inquiry, which is a good piece of work. It is good news that the network is being established.
Additional Item I apologise to members for a late intimation of an agenda item. Members will see it on the new agenda that has been circulated, referred to under items 1 and 5.
As I said, the SEPA statement indicates that there were 11 sites and that the Executive developed a new site at Birkshaw forest for the burial of animal carcases.
Are you saying that there is no need for primary legislation? That is correct. So new regulations will be brought forward to amend the bill that went through Parliament?
One other caveat that I have is that it was clear from the ministerial response that the Executive was not keen to make new money available, and I suspect that there are also difficulties in the Arts Council budget.
For many years, agreements reached through the SJNC have meant that we had a maximum class size in Scotland when our counterparts elsewhere had not.The minister will no doubt claim that it is the SJNC's fault that teachers' pay is now so far behind other professionals' pay—for example, new graduate teachers get paid much less than graduates in jobs in other...