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I agree with Brian Fitzpatrick, who compared today to "Groundhog Day". I recall many similar debates with Mr Sheridan in the 1980s, when he was a member of Militant in the Labour party, about the number of angels who could dance on the head of a pin.
My colleagues will experience the same difficulty when they attend meetings of each of the spending committees, but it is important that the Finance Committee receives comment about whether those committees agree with the objectives that the Executive has laid out.You have said that you need to consider outcomes and to know what you are comparing, and I app...
SNAP was asked to undertake the review by the deputy chief medical officer—the person Alex Neil referred to in a different context—reflecting our concern about the developing problem and the comparative lack of knowledge of many aspects of the infection.The SNAP group's aims were to describe the emerging epidemic; to collate current knowledge on prevention,...
This might be the appropriate point for me to reiterate my interest in hearing evidence or receiving information about the regimes in one or two comparable countries. Would it be appropriate for us to act quickly to seek written submissions from all the sources of the suggestions that were given to us today, including those listed on the paper in front of u...
In considering something like this, it is always difficult to come to the right solution if one does not know whether the proposals will have a positive, negative or indeed neutral effect on revenue.Given that student numbers are disproportionate in Edinburgh and Glasgow compared to more rural authorities, do you envisage a shortfall in revenue for some loc...
At last week's Justice and Home Affairs Committee meeting, Gordon Jackson compared this provision to cases under Scots law where there are occasions for draconian legislation—for example, when we deal with drugs barons and so on.
Last night, while watching a TV programme that compared the health of kids in the 1950s to today's kids, I thought that most parents in the 1950s would have shopped in the local co-op.
If one follows the route of spending, from the enterprise budget, for example, to the agencies, the budgets do not mirror one another in a way that makes them easy to compare. What I am getting at is that there may be difficulties.