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The leader of the SNP group on Fife Council claimed that attainment levels at Madras College were still high, despite the cramped conditions. He compared educational standards in that part of the country favourably with those elsewhere in Fife—as did Tricia Marwick.
In particular, I pay tribute to Rhoda Grant, who worked hard behind the scenes—by her standards, she has been comparatively quiet today. She made effective contributions throughout the passage of the bill, as did other members, including those from the Opposition.
The Scottish Executive and the UK Department for Transport believe that it is vital that we have clear and comparable costings and will be working closely with BAA to achieve that during the next few weeks.The consultation process is heading towards the production of a UK white paper on air transport by the end of 2003.
However, we are open to other suggestions.Jamie McGrigor suggests that the routes are different and therefore not comparable. That would not be the Commission's view.
We have some service sector employment in banking, finance and insurance, but after that, employment in other sectors is comparatively low. We are weak in manufacturing and construction, where we are behind the averages for the Highlands and Islands Enterprise area.
I have spoken to several architects who have said that with such a major project—comparable, for example, with the extension to the National Museum of Scotland—the gap between planning and completion is usually nine years.
—Official Report, 2 March 2006; c 23714.How can a public water system, in any form, be compared with a private water system? If a water system is truly public, it cannot be compared in that way.Let us consider the question of borrowing.
This financial memorandum is neither clear nor robust; I will not go through the litany of problems.There is a marginal administrative saving over the first two years, which could average as much as £1 million per health board, but that is a drop in the ocean compared to the up-front costs that will be suffered by health boards throughout Scotland if the fi...
Perhaps we could write to him to ask how that is progressing. Compared with a member's bill in the Scottish Parliament, the chances of getting a private member's bill through Westminster is extremely slim.