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In 1997, 26,000 patients were waiting for more than 26 weeks—36 are doing so today. In any terms, that is a significant achievement, which was achieved by removing many of the blockages.
Under the existing scheme, ministers in this Administration signed off 27 additional awards, including three A-plus bonuses of £75,000 in 2008. In 2009, ministers signed off 26 additional awards that were utterly at their discretion.
I am aware of a number of schemes in different areas that will stick with a family for 26 or 52 weeks. What level of support is available to ensure that once someone is back in the labour market, their employment can be sustained?
There would be 150 transfers a year. Each transfer involves three hoses pumping out oil at a tremendous rate from each ship that comes to the mother ship.
As a moderate Eurosceptic, I welcome any moves that would see powers being transferred from the continent back to this country.The report argues strongly that there is a genuine need for the Scottish Parliament and the Scottish Government to have a greater say in areas that are of significant interest to Scotland, such as energy and climate change, and to h...
Particularly because we are encouraging people to opt not to use environmentally damaging forms of transport, Mr Gordon's points about encouraging people to make the choice to travel to London by train and transfer there to the Eurostar instead of flying to Europe are well made.
How will the Parliament be able to monitor and scrutinise the use of the large sums of money that are to be transferred to local authorities? That will be more difficult for the Parliament and the Government to do, particularly given the removal of ring fencing.