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Those resources were additional.In terms of trying to assure ourselves that the resources have been spent on local road and bridge maintenance, we are seeking evidence from local authorities that that has been done, but the money has not been formally ring fenced. The £26 million is in a different position because it was part of an agreed programme; it is p...
The petition has 1,354 signatures and asks the Parliament to join Denmark, Ireland and others in calling for an end to reprocessing at Sellafield and restarting at Dounreay and to transmit that view to the UK Government before the OSPAR convention on 26 June—that is why there is some urgency on this matter.
A trunk road network for which the Executive is responsible runs through the centre of our city and has 26 on and off ramps. Not only would a road user charging scheme be difficult to implement, because of the alternatives that are available to the motorist it would be potentially damaging to Glasgow's economy.
If an authority had to attend everything from one-to-one discussions with individuals to meetings with groups, public meetings and site visits, that would unduly tie up planning authority resources.
How would the matter be determined if the four members of the legal profession said, "Ah, but such and such a case means X, Y and Z"? It would be difficult for a layperson, without a legal background, to say that they were wrong.
As I said earlier, about 60 per cent of the journeys that retired people make are for social activities, such as visiting people, leisure or entertainment, but they stop making those journeys.
I refer, for example, to the current extension of the docklands light railway in London to the airport and other parts of docklands, which is predicated on speculation about future development.In your submission you refer to the situation in Nottingham. You may know that the committee visited Nottingham as part of its background work.
We have developed that by taking our group and the workers who support group representatives on visits to Polmont and Cornton Vale. That was worth while and was most beneficial at our meeting after the visits, as everyone had an input.