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The Tenements (Scotland) Act 2004 introduced a new schedule to the Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003, which the draft order will add to the list.I move, That the Justice 2 Committee recommends that the draft Tenements (Scotland) Act 2004 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2004 be approved.
Following discussions yesterday, the Minister for Health and Community Care and I have agreed to withdraw that particular document and to ensure that new guidance is circulated to those affected.
Will the Executive tell the UK Government that when the new Westminster constituencies take effect, the simplest and fairest way to achieve proportionality in elections to this Parliament will be to introduce the single transferable vote system in multimember constituencies that consist of two or three Westminster constituencies?
I have already discussed the matter with the new Secretary of State for Scotland since his appointment last week, and I can assure Shona Robison that my officials and I are doing all that we can to continue discussions and negotiations with the UK Government.
—Official Report, 11 June 2003; c 563.The early edition of today's Edinburgh Evening News—under the front-page headline "Jack Unveils Parly Inquiry"—goes into specific detail about what is likely to be announced.
Does the minister agree that the view of the scallop fishing industry is that it would have no future if we were to adopt a new, tighter testing regime, and that we would lose a proud, sustainable and successful Scottish industry for no good reason?
It is suggested that we agree to defer further consideration of these petitions until the new session, when the outcome of the Executive review can be taken into account, and that we pass the responses to the Enterprise and Lifelong Learning Committee for information only at this stage.