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We will try to schedule that item on to the agenda, but it will probably be taken at a meeting early in the new year. Is that agreed?Members indicated agreement.
We will try to schedule that item on to the agenda, but it will probably be taken at a meeting early in the new year. Is that agreed?Members indicated agreement.
I suggest that we delay consideration of the report until the new year and use a meeting in December to consider, along with the NAO, questions of handling and priority.
We will never be in the position in which ministers give us all advance warning of a day or more. That is the new politics. A rapid response before the minister even speaks.
In those circumstances, I will use the powers that I have, under standing orders and section 26 of the Scotland Act 1998, to require witnesses to give evidence under oath.
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Date answered:
1 November 2004
Construction of 8.1 km access roads and new bridge upstream of existing crossing, plus refurbishment of existing bridge structure. 89.50 Q4-2005-06 Q2-2008-09 Draft orders published - public local inquiry Q3-2004-05 A9 Route Improvement Strategy.
Although we want there to be parity of esteem, the Parliament is new, shiny and glossy; local government's image is not new, shiny and glossy, so people's focus perhaps will be more on the Parliament.
Accordingly, we wish to amend the two references in our bill to that clause of the Learning and Skills Bill to ensure that they refer to the latest version.Amendment 4 ensures that any section references in the bill to what will become the Learning and Skills Act 2000 can be updated through regulations.
When I met him last week, before the publicity surrounding the European Committee's visit to Brussels, he said that he was interested in additionality and that he might be prepared to come and speak to us.
When I met him last week, before the publicity surrounding the European Committee's visit to Brussels, he said that he was interested in additionality and that he might be prepared to come and speak to us.