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Given that fact and the increased pressure from inter-hospital transfers—such as from Stranraer to Dumfries or from Dumfries to Edinburgh and Glasgow—will the minister at least undertake to investigate whether the local service has sufficient resources to meet demand?
We must now allow local management to get on with the task of ensuring that services are transferred properly and delivered effectively in the future—and yes, I do have confidence in their ability to do that.
Will the minister tell the Parliament when the extradition order that was granted by the Lithuanian Government, and transferred from the Home Office to Scotland, will be applied and when Mr Gecas will be sent to stand trial in Lithuania for his crimes?
Does the minister agree that it would be correct and honourable if the Ministry of Defence transferred all surplus housing in Scotland to the local authority or housing associations to assist in tackling the shortage of affordable rented housing?
Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc) (No 2) Order 1999 At our previous meeting we raised questions about Westminster straying into the Parliament's areas of competence.
I apologise for that.On page 2 of the timetable, on 12 January, under the housing column, the item on housing stock transfers: evidence from ministers should really be deferred until a date yet to be specified.The warrant sales column for 12 January and 19 January should include an item on evidence for the bill.
A copy has also been put on the committee's homepage on the Parliament's website. Given that we did not receive the report until Monday, there has not been adequate time for us to consider it fully.Under agenda item 3 we shall consider our approach to the preliminary stage and the scope for having another meeting to take evidence.
There is no way in the world that, from 26 June and the subsequent dates that Mike Russell mentioned, anything could have been done to avert the crisis.
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13 February 2007
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