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To ask the Scottish Executive how many people died prematurely from illnesses which resulted from living in cold homes over the last three years and how many are expected to die over the next three years in similar circumstances.
Not only should we continue to travel in that direction, we should speed up our pace in that direction.Ship-to-ship Oil Transfers Ship-to-ship Oil Transfers To ask the First Minister what steps are being taken to ensure an effective emergency response in the event of an oil spillage resulting from ship-to-ship oil transfers around Scotland's coastline.
However, this committee is not the place to examine the policy of transferring a place from one council to another; we can only ensure that it is effected legally and in an orderly fashion.My only comment is that there is some confusion in the instruments, because the explanatory notes refer only to the transfer of areas "between" councils and do not specify from which council land is being transferred.
It asks for the wishes of someone who has stated in their will and instructed executors that they do not want a post-mortem to be carried out to be respected when they die in hospital and for their executors to be consulted.
I felt quite sorry for ALANI in some ways—it seems not to have the power it might have, because not all 26 councils are committed to it. Even councils that are members of ALANI seemed to feel that it was better to contact the minister directly.
Order 1999, which was laid before the Parliament on 26 May, be approved. S1M-29 Mr Henry McLeish: That the draft Scotland Act 1998 (Border Rivers) Order 1999, which was laid before the Parliament on 26 May, be approved.