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That is one of the things that Sabhal Mòr Ostaig would like to get involved in, to have progressive courses that would bring learners on from year to year.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
22 November 2006
I confirmedthat the central heating programme will continue and from 1 January 2007 the eligibilitycriteria will be widened so that pensionersin receipt of the guarantee element of Pension Credit can get upgrades if they currentlyhave a central heating system that is partial or inefficient.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
5 December 2001
Working with COSLA, advice agencies and other partners, including the financial sector, the Executive is supporting a pilot project which will ensure that people get free, high quality telephone debt advice.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
22 March 2001
A comprehensive cull of sheep within Infected Areas will get under way very soon. Similar radical action is being taken with the limited number of dangerous contacts in other parts of the country.
I am not sure that I follow your question. I am trying to get a practical handle on this before we move on to the technical questions, in case another committee—such as the Rural Affairs Committee—wants to consider the issue.
I have a problem trying to work out how we can get beyond the fine words and rhetoric and make things happen on the ground—a big bit of how we will do that is missing.
There have been informal meetings between my officials and Aberdeen City Council and between sportscotland and the council, and there is a proposal to have a tripartite meeting, at which we can try to get some sense into the situation and make progress.
It is a huge issue, but I do not think that a public inquiry would bring any more information to light than the petitioner himself has already done by lodging his petition and getting people to respond to it. Do members agree with Sandra White's recommendation that we close the petition?