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To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact that the change of trial site and altitude will have on the effectiveness of the National List if trialling in Edinburgh is transferred to Science and Advice for Scottish Agriculture.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
15 March 2013
To ask the Scottish Government what services will be transferred to the Scottish Association for Marine Science if the University Marine Biological Station Millport is closed.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
15 August 2012
Until responsibility for the operation of employment tribunals is transferred to Scottish ministers, matters affecting the delivery of their service, including expenses for witnesses, remain reserved to the UK Government.
The order would ensure that directions under section 23N(3) of that act could not be given to a college to transfer, or receive from a transfer, any staff, et cetera.
We are talking a lot about the increasing financial output from our swimming pools, but the costs are being transferred to families and children through the 53 per cent real-terms increase in the cost of swimming lessons over the past five years.
It was a Conservative Government that transferred taxation powers to this Parliament, which is now able to diverge from the rest of the United Kingdom in the tax policies that it implements.
Are local authorities flying blind in relation to how much money will eventually be transferred? Can you give examples of portfolios from which you anticipate money coming?
I looked again at the cabinet secretary’s submission of 26 May, to see whether there was any explanation for that, and the only explanation was that, in essence, it is difficult to hold an inquiry when you do not have jurisdiction.
Scotland’s performance in reading among boys was also higher than the OECD average and higher than the performance of 26 other countries, including Norway, France and Wales.