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However, to create a nurturing environment, a school might justifiably have classes of, perhaps, 12 and 24 or 10 and 26. That is happening throughout Scotland and is done with the best educational rationale.
For my final question, I will give you an example so recent that it is from last night. I visited a block of flats in my constituency and, of the nine flats in the block, five have been purchased in recent years under the right-to-buy legislation.
Just to help the minister with his imagination, I tell him that we have a good voter education programme in this Parliament, with primary and secondary school pupils visiting practically every day. Perhaps an element could be included in that programme to encourage visiting pupils to cast their vote at 18.
During the recess, a week or so ago, I was down south visiting some of my family. I spoke to a man who stays on the outskirts of London and works in the City of London.
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Date answered:
10 November 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive how many houses are scheduled to be built on land owned by the Forestry Commission in each of the next five years. Forestry Commission Scotland (FCS) currently proposes to build one FCS house on the national forest estate, at Glencroe, near Ardgartan.
Save the Children £75,000.00 To provide food supplies and assistance for malnourished children, and support maternal and child health in clinics and hospitals, as well as through mobile clinic work and home visits for mothers and babies.
It will be interesting to see where the consultation goes with regard to the narrowly construed exceptions that we have been discussing, but I accept and share the chamber’s view that urgent action should be taken to implement the consultation’s outcome in a way that is compatible with Scotland’s traditions.16:26 This has been an interesting debate on an im...