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We have said that all staff will transfer on the existing terms and conditions and that those terms and conditions will run—if the staff wish them to—for at least two years after the transfer.
The general duties on which that ruling judged are an issue in relation to ship-to-ship oil transfers, because only a general duty applies to those transfers.
I was quoted in The Times Educational Supplement Scotland as saying that I think that standard grade will gradually die because other courses are sexier.
I will cite just a few examples. I could mention 26 separate companies that have gone out of business, from paper mills to fish processors and engineering works.
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.
The process of transfer is being progressed with SPT this week and I thank it for its co-operation.Last week, I reassured the Local Government and Transport Committee that staff who transfer will not be disadvantaged by the move.
If that is the case, it seems odd that that is the basis of your argument not to support the transfer of fishing rights. Surely, in a normal situation, the transfer of land ownership would carry with it the rights to minerals and fish.