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We have worked hard with those involved to ensure that it is much easier now compared with how it used to be for people who have a good idea for starting up a business to access not just grants and money but expertise.
Will the minister assure me that the costs involved in hiring consultants will be scored against PPP bids when comparisons with a public sector comparator are drawn? Will she assure me that any bids that come from councils involving not-for-profit trusts will be given equal treatment to the PPP bids?
I am content with Lord James's comments about minutes although, as we know, minutes are often skeletal compared to the detail of everything that was said.I accept Paul Martin's guidance.
We considered two related issues, which are set out further on in the paper. One is that a comparable change in relation to committee bills would be useful to deal with a similar scenario.
I am happy to do so: in the current year, Argyll and Clyde Health Board's budget is £384 million, which is a 5.5 per cent increase compared with last year. We have given a commitment that, next year, there will be an increase of at least 6.5 per cent.
We work very closely with the legal team. Unlike the decisions of the comparable committee in the House of Commons, the decisions of this committee can be legally challenged.
(S1O-2218) In the first quarter of 2000, Scottish manufacturing output fell by 1.7 per cent compared with the previous quarter. Over the same period, Scottish GDP fell by 0.2 per cent.
It is also fair to remind the chamber that the hulls—which would be Govan's contribution if the Sea Lion Consortium were to be successful—are a comparatively small part of the total contract, which includes the running and management of the ferries over a number of years.
We should ask what the implications would be for the agreement with the bridge operating company and repayments if the concession were granted.On the livestock issue, the comparator is the ferry service. It would be appropriate to ask for the reasons why those concessions were granted and what would be the implications of agreeing such a concession on the b...
As Alex Salmond will remember, if we take the comprehensive spending review period, the additional funds for higher education compared with the figure that we inherited amount to £250 million.