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There are underlying issues in the population of the Highlands and Islands that mirror those in the population of Scotland as a whole, but there are some distinctive features about the demographics of the Highlands and Islands, among the most significant of which is the shortage of young people in the important 18-to-30 age range. Compared to the rest of Sc...
The size of the United States' trade gap compared with its GDP is often criticised, but the Scottish figure is double that of the US and, rightly, should be criticised.The third set of figures is on the enterprise gap, which has also widened.
The building control profession, and indeed legislators in Scotland, can be proud about the lack of deaths through building failures in Scotland over history. Compared with other countries, we have a tremendous record on that, and we must ensure that it is retained.
There is a discrepancy when that is compared to the 100 m that we are talking about in the farm-scale trials in Scotland.Secondly, Friends of the Earth in England has carried out research that established that contamination of hives occurred when they were more than 450 m away from the nearest GM crop.
However well Scotland competes internationally in terms of graduates per head of population, it does not compare well internationally in on-going skills development and training while in employment.
The only other likely significant exception is Network Rail, which is obviously significantly funded by the Executive and whose plans are discussed by Transport Scotland, so the minister is held to account in that way.
The bill will go through because of the commitment that was given three years ago by the two parties in the partnership agreement; nobody—I concede that there are some exceptions on the back benches—is prepared to reflect on the fact that the world has changed in the intervening period and that something different needs to be done.We are continuing on these...
All the areas that currently have two-JP or three-JP panels would still have time to adapt their practices in exactly the way that is proposed, except that instead of the policy being carried out on a rolling basis the policy intention would be set out clearly on the face of the bill.