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You can think of about three definitions off the top of your head. The Highlands sort of rural area is completely different from an intensively farmed sort of rural area, which is different again from the sort of rural area that is within travel-to-work distance of a large urban area.
There is tension between ring-fencing, top-slicing and hypothecating, and telling boards our priorities, giving them the money and letting them get on with it.
Tackling air pollution is one of my top environmental priorities, which is why, as soon as I came into office, I endorsed the revision of the air quality strategy.
In trying to get growth, our dilemma is that compared with our top five European competitors—we seem to be one of the top five, in the UK, for lifelong learning—our system is largely learner led.
Are they saying that the gamekeepers are lying about the facts that mothers are shot and that calves are left to starve, and that foetuses that are almost fully developed die within their mothers in a horrible way?
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
6 November 2002
That has not been announced yet, which is why it would be inappropriate for me to comment on the matter.We have a website that may be useful to members.