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Kenneth Gibson: To ask the Scottish Government what the percentage change has been in the number of recorded crimes in North Ayrshire over the last decade, and how this compares with the national figure. (S5O-03618) 3.
The Northern Irish legislation in particular has survived a Supreme Court challenge, but your bill is not like for like compared with it—it is broadly similar, but it is not like for like.
In the main, the deferral period for female partners of men who have had sex with men is broadly 12 months, with a few exceptions around the margins. That highlights that there is a bank of donors out there who may have engaged in very low-risk behaviour for whom an exception to the rule can be made.
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Date answered:
14 November 2012
A further area of current conservation action is to promote forest management for red squirrels. FCS has identified red squirrel stronghold areas and is working with forest managers to make red squirrel conservation a high priority in these forests.
It is assessed that the application of the tax will not result in any additional impacts on those that commercially exploit primary aggregates on Scottish Islands, when compared to those elsewhere in Scotland, nor any differential impact between producers on different islands.
Other operating costs are £1,069k (20.3 per cent) higher in the proposed 2026/27 budget compared to the 2025/26 budget. 2026/27 budget and projections | 17 63.
Is that what we say when local government throws up its hands and says, “Oh no, we’re worried about being compared with one another”? Authorities should be compared with one another.