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There are also many published examples of people witnessing a rise of 30 to 50 per cent in the number of applications for housing benefits yet the service is being delivered way beyond the official Government targets and with less resource.
He went on to say:"Our stress testing shows that we have the capital to withstand and ride out what might be classified as the perfect storm."—Official Report, Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee, 24 September 2008; c 1026-7.
I certainly think that the definition of "serious offence" as an indictable offence that is"committed with the intention of securing a material benefit for any person"is too wide and might need to be amended appropriately. I read the Official Report of last week's meeting, when the meat pie example came up.
I ask members not to mention that to my son and perhaps to destroy all copies of the Official Report. I would rather he did not know that I mentioned that episode.
The difficulty with risk taking is that it can lead to mistakes being made and circumstances arising that do not follow the book, the regulation or the system that has been devised by a learned civil servant or local official. I ask ministers to be aware of the strong desire that the system should allow imaginative solutions to be found.Professor Crerar say...
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Date answered:
4 January 2001
Scottish Executive officials, however, attended a presentation by UKAEA on the proposed Dounreay restoration programme and participated in follow up discussions with UKAEA, DTI and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency about the Site Plan.
Twenty years ago today, on 26 April 1986, the world's worst nuclear power accident occurred at Chernobyl, 80 miles north of Kiev in the former Soviet Union.
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Date answered:
15 November 2006
I believe that we can find a site where the number of people who would be affected would be very small indeed—I will make it my mission to find such a site.