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Do you have any data that will enable us to understand how the UK Government compares, both with other pan-UK organisations and with other Governments, in terms of the geographic spread of its staff and the concentration of jobs around the capital?
Members of the committee agree unanimously in spirit about what we are trying to achieve. With one exception, we are not lawyers. I understood a different meaning from the strict legal meaning.
He should check the answer to written question S2W-24061, on repair and maintenance costs under the GHA compared with those under Glasgow City Council.
The bill does not need to make provision for people to be able to compare levels of service, because human nature is such that they will consider such matters when they decide whether to vote yes or no in a ballot.
Yesterday, the Government released the latest gross domestic product figures for the Scottish economy, which showed growth of only 1.6 per cent in the year to the third quarter of 2000, compared with 3.4 per cent for the UK as a whole.
I remember that Hilary Benn spoke to the Parliament and gave evidence to the committee over a videolink. Douglas Alexander has also visited the Parliament on occasion. My colleagues are making a bit of a meal out of the matter.
I am not suggesting that we will have to spend a lot of time taking evidence, but we will want to ask specific questions; hearing from the minister will be the first step. Yesterday, I visited a primary 6 group at St Joseph's RC School in Aberdeen to find out about the school's outreach programme.