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In response to the concerns that were expressed in the Parliament, the Scottish ministers expressed the view that they wished to provide assistance to those victims.
Will the First Minister join me and express his sympathies to my constituents who were told that, following the closure of the Boots Company factory in Airdrie, they will lose their jobs?
However, there is one matter on which we might wish to comment lightly. In the past, we have expressed the view that statutory instruments that no longer have any life should be cleared from the statute books.
There is, in such circumstances, a right of appeal to the Court of Session to have a decision reduced—I believe that that is the expression—which requires that the decision be taken again using proper procedures.
Since I left the Army, I have been all too often disappointed and surprised by the lack of liaison and unnecessary barriers that I find in the care sector.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
6 September 2005
COSLA's concerns about the then Bill were expressed in briefing sent to Members of Parliament and, after the elections in May, to Members of the Scottish Parliament.
Services are due to be phased into the new hospital starting in late2009.A community hospital will bedeveloped on the existing Stirling Royal Infirmary site which will provide localaccess to out-patient and rehabilitation services.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
22 February 2007
In the first instance we arelooking at progress over two years in the development sites. If the model is rolledout more widely further evaluation will take place on an on-going basis.