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At question time, I asked the Scottish Executive whether it would hold a public inquiry into the planning application from Aberdeen Football Club to build new stadium facilities at the green-belt site at Kingswells.
The minister will know from conversations that we have had that the town of Thurso is set to lose two of its dentists in December, which will mean that 4,800 patients will have to find a new practice. At present, no general dental practitioners in Wick or Thurso are taking on NHS patients.
The original motion that Mr Russell lodged was clearly sub judice and he agreed to my request to withdraw it and lodge a new motion, which I accepted within the rules.
It explains in some detail Scottish Screen's current remit and role in distributing national lottery funds to film in Scotland, in raising the profile of film making in Scotland, in offering support, advice and finance towards the development of feature films and in providing training and development for film, television and new media. The Executive also in...
On resuming— I am sure that, before we begin this afternoon's business, members would like to welcome the new Solicitor General, Elish Angiolini, to her post, even though she will not answer any questions today.
The initiatives that we have already announced, and will announce again next week, are attracting a great deal of support.Clearly, waiting times are in the news. Some figures are going in the right direction, but others are not so good.
Circulating the original motion was my mistake. So the practice is not new. It was my decision to change the motion to follow the way in which committee business is usually presented in the chamber.
We must find out about Railtrack's resources as far as signalling is concerned, and hope that putting money on the table will make our discussions more fruitful.Mr Ingram did not mention the fact that we are reopening a 4.7km railway line from Larkhall to Hamilton Central and the Dawsholm section of the Anniesland to Maryhill line. We are opening new railwa...
I thank the minister for that detailed response and welcome the positive news. Does the minister agree that it is vital that we involve parents in such initiatives if we are to ensure meaningful change in the standards that are attained by Scotland's children?
(S1O-2559) At a national level, the Scottish Executive is already taking steps to increase the medical work force, including the 110 new doctor posts that were announced in June this year.