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It could take a year or 18 months for new housing legislation to be enacted; indeed, even after that happens, we could still be two or three years away from the provisions’ being in force.
Tavish Scott will have noticed the recent £5 million investment—I describe it as an investment and regional selective assistance—to ensure 800 new financial sector jobs in the city of Glasgow in Tesco Personal Finance.
On 14 February, a Scottish Government official attended a meeting with the Department of Health to discuss the United Kingdom Government's new infection guidelines covering C difficile, which were published in January.
If a single thing characterises what was wrong about how this decision was taken, it is Mr MacAskill's visit to Greenock prison, which compromised the whole process.
In a normal dissolution period, MSPs—whether or not they are standing for re-election—are not expected to take on new constituency casework. Their offices can complete casework, but they cannot take on new casework.
There is a potential cost in relation to the new offences. The financial memorandum does not anticipate significant numbers of new offences being reported and, subject to the important caveat that Mr Ritchie has just raised, the approach taken in the financial memorandum is reasonable.
As we move away from landfill, we are developing new facilities and new economic opportunities, with a diverse range of skill opportunities for new employees.