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To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will set out its strategy to improve Roman history tourism in Scotland. Scotland’s ancient Roman sites form part of our rich heritage which is a key asset in our drive to boost tourism and meet industry growth ambitions.
Key public sector workers are set to benefit from more than 120 new homes that are being developed at the Craiginches site in Aberdeen. The Scottish Government is also working to a timescale that will see Sanctuary Scotland Housing Association begin a two-year period of construction in spring this year.
Both members are right to suggest that the site is very constrained. The railway is right next to the road, which is right next to the water, and the adjacent land is very steep.
The proposed Clyde sea sill MPA is one such example, as demersal fishing may continue in some parts of the site. In each case in which a new marine protected area is proposed, there will be a management plan, which will have to be proportionate and effective and will be based on scientific evidence.
Now that my favourite pantomime villain has left the stage, I hope that the First Minister is coming to regret having been drawn so easily into Mr Trump’s orbit, finding himself with a half-built carbuncle in his constituency and a billionaire threatening legal action against a vital demonstration site for offshore wind power. The Parliament has committed i...
NHS Lothian is in discussion with the council regarding the purchase of the preferred site. I know that Gordon MacDonald takes a close interest in that issue as a constituency member, and I am happy to keep him up to date with progress.
Those include an option to bypass the first stage of the two-stage rural priorities application process; the transfer of support for community services and facilities applications from central control to the more locally based LEADER—links between activities developing the rural economy—scheme; and the introduction of an on-going approval process for woodland creation and for agri-environment grants on designated sites...
A number of concerns have been expressed to me by students, potential students, parents of students and the EIS about decisions taken by Edinburgh’s Telford College on matters relating to staffing and the curriculum.