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Is the minister aware that domestic water charges in the Forth valley area have increased by 220 per cent since 1994, compared with an increase of only 26 per cent in the retail prices index over the same period?
Order 1999, which was laid before the Parliament on 26 May, be approved. That the draft Scotland Act 1998 (Border Rivers) Order 1999, which was laid before the Parliament on 26 May, be approved.
I hope to be able to report back on those options.I have continued to visit a variety of voluntary bodies, some of which have expressed the view that they would have more confidence in a review that was conducted by the committee than in one that was conducted by the Executive, which may be carried out by civil servants who are tied into the existing system...
To be fair to the Executive, the order was drafted by the UK Central Council for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting, which is outwith the Executive's control, but perhaps we should draw the question to the Executive's attention.
However, the people to whom we spoke who had had pre-court visits or who had had information explained to them properly found the process beneficial and were a lot less apprehensive about going to court.