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Under the previous, voluntary scheme, a mere 287 houses were registered. Under the new scheme, we envisage that somewhere between 7,000 and 10,000 properties in multiple occupation will be covered.
Only last week, Allan Wilson met fishing industry representatives in Edinburgh and told them that he expected to make the announcement on the changes by the end of last week or, at the latest, by the beginning of this week.
The committee will probably want to note the different positions on the petition that have been taken by the Scottish Executive, which is not opposed to new nuclear energy stations in principle, and the petitioner, who is opposed to new nuclear energy stations.
I suggest that Scotland is Christian to its very bones.A new well-fed and comfortable generation who are able to live daily lives largely free of fear or threat may feel less inclined to rush to the polls or to the pews than their forebears did.
There has been a strong increase of 7 per cent in the number of new business accounts when compared to the corresponding quarter—quarter 2—last year.
At the same time, charges over the next four years are expected to rise by less than the rate of inflation. There is now a new interim chair and I am sure that Scottish Water will rise to the new set of challenges that it faces.