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Although there is obviously a need for co-ordination and an umbrella organisation, we are dealing with the voluntary sector. The deputy chief constable of Lothian and Borders Police recently called for the drugs agencies to be streamlined.
Perhaps it is not incumbent on you to give us those reasons, but I presume that there must be a benefit to the local economy in going from 26 days' racing up to between 80 and 100 days.
We should consider the pluses and the minuses of the situation.We have covered that issue adequately, so we move on to the action points in paragraph 26. What are members' views on the regulation of cross-party groups?
The groups in question are as follows: group 26, which is Safeway Stores plc; group 28, which is Universities Superannuation Scheme Ltd; and group 27, for which the lead objector is O2 (UK) Ltd.
I take it that they are in the paper simply for comment; no decision has been made on which of the two models might be preferred. Paragraph 26 refers to that very point.On the remit, I do not want to send the committee down a particular road until we have started to take evidence.
The recommendation for the following documents is that we take no further action but copy them to specific committees for their interest.SP 1390 (EC Ref No 11168/00 COM(2000) 516 final)SP 1039 (EC Ref No 7908/00 COM(2000) 177 final 2000/82 (CNS)SP 1158 (EC Ref No 9439/00 COM(2000) 278 final)SP 1331 (EC Ref No 10667/00 COM(2000) 459 final)SP 1339 (EC Ref No 10862/00 COM(2000) 468 final 2000/0194 (COD))SP 1385 (EC Ref No 10357/00)SP 1041 (EC Ref No 8134/00 COM(2000) 256 final)SP 1056 (EC Ref No 7939/00 COM(2000) 205 final)SP 1091 (EC Ref No 8134/00 COM(2000) 256 final)SP 1224 (EC Ref No 9737/00)SP 1259 (EC Ref No 10354/00)SP 1260 (EC Ref No 10355/00)SP 1240 (EC Ref No 10004/00 COM(2000) 402 final COD 2000/0169)SP 1300 (EC Ref No Brussels 26...
The recommendation for the following documents is that we take no further action but copy them to specific committees for their interest.SP 1390 (EC Ref No 11168/00 COM(2000) 516 final)SP 1039 (EC Ref No 7908/00 COM(2000) 177 final 2000/82 (CNS)SP 1158 (EC Ref No 9439/00 COM(2000) 278 final)SP 1331 (EC Ref No 10667/00 COM(2000) 459 final)SP 1339 (EC Ref No 10862/00 COM(2000) 468 final 2000/0194 (COD))SP 1385 (EC Ref No 10357/00)SP 1041 (EC Ref No 8134/00 COM(2000) 256 final)SP 1056 (EC Ref No 7939/00 COM(2000) 205 final)SP 1091 (EC Ref No 8134/00 COM(2000) 256 final)SP 1224 (EC Ref No 9737/00)SP 1259 (EC Ref No 10354/00)SP 1260 (EC Ref No 10355/00)SP 1240 (EC Ref No 10004/00 COM(2000) 402 final COD 2000/0169)SP 1300 (EC Ref No Brussels 26...
Last summer, with Lord James Douglas-Hamilton, Nicola Sturgeon and Bill Butler, I went on a Commonwealth Parliamentary Association branch visit to Prince Edward Island, where we saw an interesting waste-watch scheme.