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I will respond to some of the comments that members have made in the debate.First, I have some bad news for Miles Briggs: this is not the final education debate in the current session of Parliament.
Since then, we have joined the Government on the basis of an agreement that includes our new deal for tenants proposals, which are now being taken forward by Patrick Harvie as minister for tenants’ rights.
That is a daft-laddie question from a new parliamentarian. One of the decisions that we had to make today was on whether to close the petition or continue looking into the issue.
The Parliament has already passed the Scottish Elections (Franchise and Representation) Act 2020, section 1 of which extended the franchise of Scottish elections to include all those with the legal right to live in Scotland by creating the new category of voter that the convener alluded to: qualifying foreign national.
That includes paragraph 5, which says: “Scottish Canals will now undertake a new valuation process of the canal infrastructure estate in its entirety during 2022.”
That is at a time when we are trying to take the cultural industries—live events, theatre, film and TV—to new levels and to improve the lives of the people who work in them.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
24 January 2008
The use of Regional Project Assessment Committees is nota new process, having been successfully used to administer the Farm Business DiversificationScheme previously operated by the Scottish Executive.
We need to ensure that staff are aware of what the new procedures are. I think that the organisation finds staff to be receptive, willing to consider new changes and to embrace new developments such as the new EqIA tool.