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Therefore, if the gap is bridged, the organisations that have written to us to express fears about the gap will continue to be funded in the same way as they have in the past, contrary to what you have just said.
Therefore, if the gap is bridged, the organisations that have written to us to express fears about the gap will continue to be funded in the same way as they have in the past, contrary to what you have just said.
The responses to the consultation also express a difference in view on how strategic that role can be when local government continues to be a provider in its own right, and a landlord, and therefore in competition for resources in that area.
What I propose to do—bearing in mind that there is a time problem and that we are unsure of the timetable—is produce a holding document that reflects some of the views that have been expressed. There is a general degree of consensus.
What I propose to do—bearing in mind that there is a time problem and that we are unsure of the timetable—is produce a holding document that reflects some of the views that have been expressed. There is a general degree of consensus.
In that time, the cash increase for further education has been 50 per cent, but the increase for higher education has been considerably less—I think about 26 per cent, but please do not hold me to that figure.
The process has not been easy; many discussions were needed along the way, including discussions with RSPB Scotland when hen harriers were discovered on the site, but the community group has worked very well.
In Orkney, for example, Scottish Water has been asked to undertake a modelling exercise to see whether sites can be connected to the present sewerage system.
They want us to be able to tell them about the range of activities that are going on, to explain how they work and to invite them to do what best suits their school. We must give them some credit for making their own choices; we do not want to nanny them into doing things.