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Interests As on previous occasions when new members have joined the committee, I ask the new members whether they have any interests that they think are relevant to the committee's work and which they would like to declare.
He might be aware that in the past few months seven new schools have opened in my constituency and that a further three schools will open early in the new year.
The discussion has been interesting. When I visit schools, the things that children mention to me as a member of the Scottish Parliament are things to do and antisocial behaviour.
The order provides for two name changes and enables the funding council to continue funding the institutions concerned under their new names.First, it takes account of the award of university title to Queen Margaret University College, which has now formally adopted the new title of Queen Margaret University, Edinbur...
The minister will be aware from previous questions that Scottish Water's new waterworks have produced particularly offensive odours in the Argyll towns of Inverary and Campbeltown.
I congratulate the minister on her new appointment. On the cluster approach and its relationship to job creation, is the minister aware that 350 job losses have been announced in Ayrshire in the past week?
New, section 15D provides for an application to the court, new section 15E provides for the grant of a warrant without a hearing, and new section 15F provides for the grant of a warrant after a hearing.
Of course, local authorities are required to have full regard to the auspices of the prudential code, but the new regime is more good news for Scotland's local authorities, as it further increases their flexibility and room for manoeuvre.