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After four years, we have the highest employment figures for 40 years, the lowest unemployment figures for 26 years, record cuts in youth unemployment, record cuts in long-term unemployment and growth in the first quarter of 2001 of over 2 per cent.
We heard an announcement of £45 million for roads, but Labour's accident tax will be covered in three and a half years from Scottish motorists' increased premiums. We are paying for it through the back door.
We asked the Executive to confirm that the enabling power for the regulations would be brought fully into force on or before the coming into force of the regulations on Monday 26 February 2007. The Executive has confirmed that the enabling power will be fully commenced before the regulations come into force.Are members content to draw the attention of the l...
Family Law (Scotland) Bill Agenda item 2 is consideration of motion S2M-3332, which is in my name, on the Family Law (Scotland) Bill.I move, That the Justice 1 Committee agrees to consider the Family Law (Scotland) Bill at Stage 2 in the following order: sections 1 to 7, sections 10 to 23, sections 8 and 9, sections 24 and 25, schedule 1, sections 26 to 33...
We asked the Executive to confirm whether the provisions of section 26 of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants etc) Act 2004 would be brought into force on 4 April 2005.
Scottish ParliamentEqual Opportunities CommitteeTuesday 26 September 2000(Morning) The Convener opened the meeting at 10:03 We should get started.I move that we take item 2, on the appointment of an adviser, in private.
Amendment 24, by agreement, withdrawn. Amendments 25 and 26 not moved. Amendment 51, in the name of Maureen Macmillan, is grouped with amendments 52, 1, 53, 2, 3, 27, 4, 54, 81, 82, 13 to 15, 46 and 16.
—Official Report, Enterprise and Culture Committee, 26 September 2006; c 3303.I sign up to that principle.There have been discussions in and around Parliament about how, for example, we should not create any more tsars, and about how we should be careful in our use of our time and energies.