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Would such a scheme be within the powers of the national park? Off the top of my head, I would say that it probably would be, but it would be for the national park authority to consider whether it wanted to run such a scheme in the light of the experience of other national park authorities.
Such issues are real threats to our current levels of income.West of Scotland Water's top 50 or 60 customers generate significant sums of money—about £40 million or £50 million—for us.
The implication of your answer is that—given the onward march of the right to buy, divided ownership of properties and so on—moves towards an increase in resources should be built into the grants.
In 1975, I would be called out urgently to prevent somebody from dying from an asthma attack. People still die from asthma, which is sad. They will continue to die, because they frequently do not take their preventers—I can tell members that for certain, although it did not come out in the evidence that the Health Co...
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Date answered:
1 September 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what new steps it will take to help create new major companies in Scotland, in light of the Royal Bank of Scotland's report, Wealth Creation in Scotland - A Study of Scotland's Top 100 Companies Growing businesses is a key theme in A Smart, Successful Scotland (SSS).
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Date answered:
3 September 2003
Local authorities have discretionary powers to top this relief up to 100%. Mandatory rate relief and 75% of any discretionary rate relief are funded by allowing the local authority concerned to reduce its payment to the non-domestic rates pool by a corresponding amount.
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Date answered:
6 December 2002
The Scottish Executive decided to award £3,000 or 3% of salary, whichever was the higher, to top-tranche performers and £2,000 or 3% of salary, whichever was the higher, to around 33% of the middle-tranche performers.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether, in respect of the pension scheme surplus of the Transport Operation Pension Scheme (TOPS), it will provide all information and assistance requested to the trade union representatives representing the workforce and support the efforts of the workforce in campaigning for distribution to them of the surplus from the pens...