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If a vote is required on the four candidates because agreement cannot be reached on a block vote, the new procedures will allow for a fairly speedy yes, no or abstain option on each candidate in a single round of voting.
As I said, the SEPA statement indicates that there were 11 sites and that the Executive developed a new site at Birkshaw forest for the burial of animal carcases.
For many years, agreements reached through the SJNC have meant that we had a maximum class size in Scotland when our counterparts elsewhere had not.The minister will no doubt claim that it is the SJNC's fault that teachers' pay is now so far behind other professionals' pay—for example, new graduate teachers get paid much less than graduates in jobs in other...
A question on religion would involve a more complex and lengthy procedure, as a new bill would be required. However, issues of ethnic group and language could be included in an amendment to be debated next week.
Would it be fair to say— I am concerned about Keith's point. If we are coming up with a new procedure, it should be considered in terms of all the committees, not just this one.
Have other criteria been identified in places where changes to the electoral system have been considered? Why did New Zealand end up with the system that they have now?