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For example, the first train from Fife is scheduled for 7 am. We acknowledge that the promoter has analysed peaks of demand at Edinburgh airport and is confident that EARL's operating hours—between 5 am and midnight—will meet demand.
We have introduced Scottish planning policy 7, the central purpose of which is to prevent development that would have a significant probability of being flooded.
Will the coalition beef up compulsory purchase powers for local authorities and communities to buy land at prices that local residents and housing associations can meet?
The ever-increasing price of fuel, and poor TACs that have been cut continually over the past year, have created the situation of buying quota, leasing quota and, unbelievably, buying days to work."
Often, the person who wins the contract goes out and buys the cheapest boiler they can find, which uses whatever fuel is most convenient to buy rather than the fuel that is most environmentally sensible.
However, if we are to tackle the problem, we need sustained, long-term, additional support. Edinburgh's £17 million budget buys around 350 houses a year through new build and refurbishment.
My reference to housing was very much about people who could not even contemplate buying houses. In certain small communities, rented accommodation is going begging.