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I was not particularly happy about the process, but if we are to discuss our processes and the way in which the committee and the convener operate, we should do so under a future agenda item that has been planned for. Such a discussion need not necessarily be in public.
On resuming— I welcome the Deputy Minister for Justice, Iain Gray, whose first time this is at the Local Government Committee; Bill Hepburn, head of the justice department police division 1 branch 1; Bill Giles, head of the justice department fire service and emergency planning division branch 1; and Alan Williams, from the office of the solicitor to the Sc...
(b) GP Urgent Referral to First TreatmentInthe period July to September 2004, new systems were piloted in breast cancer tomonitor compliance against the national cancer waiting time target.
To ask the Scottish Executive what proposals are being made to the European Commission for Objective 2 coverage in Scotland under the new round of European Structural Funds.
The next question is, that amendment S2M-4329.3, in the name of Ross Finnie, which seeks to amend motion S2M-4329, in the name of Shiona Baird, on a pledge against new nuclear power stations in Scotland, be agreed to.
We have introduced the bill to address that specific problem.In our consultation paper, we suggested that ministers might have the power to extend the new provision to apply to other diseases or conditions if necessary.
Whatever views members have on other aspects of the commissioners, I hope that the proposed new standing orders will receive general support.For our report, we were asked to consider a number of different issues, the first of which was how to reappoint commissioners.
I know that this is a delicate matter but I feel that, in an open society and a new Scotland, as people keep calling it, it is important that this issue is addressed.
That the Parliament notes that unemployment in Scotland is falling and is low by historical and international standards, and that employment is increasing, and looks forward to the Executive building on Scotland's economic success by investing in jobs and skills, promoting a stable and competitive environment for enterprise and encouraging the growth of new...