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I understand that it is that separation that gave rise to the requirement to have two companies, with separate directors, listed in schedule 2 to the Public Appointments and Public Bodies etc (Scotland) Act 2003.I welcome the minister's answer to my question about the nature of a nationalised body. Given the new policy that is apparently pending, I look for...
In 1997, when the Conservatives were in government, we had a net gain in new businesses that were registered for VAT—contrast that with a net loss of VAT-registered businesses in 2004.The Enterprise and Culture Committee commissioned a report that compared the performance of the Executive's economic agency with those in other countries, and found that Scott...
The scheme that is set out in the draft order marks an important step towards finalising the arrangements that were introduced by the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003 for dealing with serious violent and sexual offenders. The act provided for a new sentence—the order for lifelong restriction—to deal with very high-risk offenders.
Today, our job is to move on, building on the new confidence in the fingerprint service and ensuring that everyone who is involved in the case can move on with us.
We have spent the past year trying to do some of this work. You are new to the committee. This committee has been up and down the country speaking to disabled people, including disabled young people— The committee has been doing great work.
I realise that Nicola Sturgeon is still new in her job, but is she prepared to accept that, on this occasion, she was wrong and should apologise to Parliament and, more important, to the health care staff of the royal infirmary of Edinburgh?
For example, where a deadline is set for a particular piece of business, we might wish to amend the deadline by changing only the number of days that is specified.Other additional changes are also recommended for rule 17.2. We recommend introducing a new element of flexibility into the rule to enable an alternative provision to be substituted for the part o...