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Is the level of flexibility to reallocate funds in the light of new information an issue? For example, it might turn out to be cheaper and more effective to build a new flyover in Aberdeen rather than a ring road.
Affirmation The next item of business is the making of an affirmation of allegiance by the new member for the Moray constituency, Richard Neilson Lochhead.
Although I am sure that that will be welcomed, I have asked my officials to work with SLAB in the new year to review the overall level of fees that are payable to solicitors in civil legal aid cases, given that the new system was introduced in 2003.
The minister made it clear in broad terms that he would not wish the losers under the previous scheme to be excluded from the new scheme, although I accept that the new scheme is for slightly different purposes.There are 3,793 losers from the ABIS scheme and many of the purposes of the new scheme are the same as those of the previous scheme—notably restructuring and diversification into areas such as tourism.