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That will provide 2,750 more houses over 10 years, and the council is working to increase its stock by buying back former council houses—although I have to say that it seems barmy that a council has to spend £100,000 or more on buying a house that it was forced to sell for £20,000 or less some years ago.
We are anxious to avoid duplication of evidence taking, which is why paragraph 7 of the note indicates the areas on which this committee might want to focus.
—Official Report, Education, Culture and Sport Committee, 7 May 2002; c 3348.Of course, the member does not want to listen to the STUC or the Educational Institute of Scotland or Unison or One Plus or the Child Poverty Action Group.
When taken in moderation, it is a medicine. The last debate on whisky, on 7 March 2002, centred on the Scottish Executive's document, "A Toast to the Future", in which the Executive pledged to support the industry.
We have, therefore, to resolve to conquer or die."Those are the words of George Washington, pledging himself to the cause of American independence in 1776.