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If she wants to remove the rhetorical question from the second last paragraph, could we not insert it in another, more appropriate place? That would be in the second top paragraph on the second page where it would strengthen the point that is made.
Further recruitment is therefore in hand to top up the numbers that we require—not just to 8,000, which is the number that we definitely need, but to 8,000 plus a buffer of 10 per cent.
Most members will realise by now that there have been some changes in personnel at the top of the Scottish National Party, as a result of which my duties are changing.
Normally, I am all for proactivity in the media and on websites, but you are quite right to say that a bill is not passed until Parliament has so willed at decision time, which will take place shortly.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
28 February 2002
Given that this is a resource allocation process, the question is whether, for example, one would buy the same amount of health if the rate of inflation for health was growing faster than the rest of the economy.
From our previous meetings and reports, you will be aware of our interest in West Lothian College and its on-going negotiations with the Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council about the possibility of buying out its PFI contract. Might any aspects of this case have a bearing on those negotiations?
It is difficult to say, given access to internet sources. Anyone can buy anything online these days. It has been suggested that some shops will sell to underage buyers.