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She suggested to the Committee that there is little evidence to suggest that the absence of short-term lets would have deterred tourists from visiting Scotland. Tony Cain echoed these sentiments, suggesting that there is nothing to suggest that short-term lets have effected a growth in the tourism industry.
The Committee has agreed that it wishes to consider in more detail whether other individuals visiting or working in the Parliament – including Scottish Government staff – with whom Members come into contact in the course of their parliamentary duties, should also be included in section 7.5 of the Code of Conduct.
The result was a ruptured Achilles tendon and an urgent visit to the local orthopaedic department, where the doctor asked, "Do you want me to sew the ends together, or do you want to be treated conservatively?"
The Finance and Public Administration Committee asked whether the Scottish Government had made a similar assessment of costs, how these compare to the ones provided by Police Scotland, and why they had not been included in the Financial Memorandum.
The additional cost that will flow from the extra responsibility will be fairly modest, we feel, when compared with the cost of major inshore activities.
Whereas the previous Community Fund enabled many halls to modernise, the growing community assets strand of the investing in communities programme will not fund community buildings as general purpose meeting places or for sporting provision. That compares badly with England, where the Big Lottery Fund is investing £50 million in community centres and villag...
For example, home care work will be privatised. The frequency of carers’ visits, the length of time that they spend in service users’ houses and the range of tasks and services that they provide will be reduced.