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The Executive is intending to consult shortly on proposals to introduce an assessment framework to ensure that dust emissions from opencast coal sites are kept within environmentally acceptable limits.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
15 March 2000
To ask the Presiding Officer whether, if the Holyrood Project is cancelled, alternative sites outside Edinburgh, in particular in Glasgow, will be considered as the location of a new Scottish Parliament building.
It has not slipped off the agenda, and has yet to be formally considered by Forth TRIP in two meetings, one involving ministers and elected members and the other involving officials. A report that was made to officials indicated that a crossing would require something in the order of £1 million a year revenue support...
We accept that and we work very well with SEPA, especially at the Grangemouth site. Our concern is that the bill mentions responsible authorities giving advice.