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I agree with what Alex Fergusson and Fergus Ewing said about IACS forms—although not quite with Alex Fergusson's strength of feeling. Ministry officials should assist the farmer, not put roadblocks in front of the farmer.
We have brought together a group of officials—the Scottish Executive drugs forum—from all the departments that have an interest in drug misuse and in tackling it effectively.
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the statement made by the then Minister for Justice on 22 June 2000 on the Scottish Criminal Records Office (Official Report, c. 681) what the conclusions and outcome were of the report commissioned.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
25 October 2000
These resources will be applied to the implementation of the Area Waste Plans.We expect that these resources will contribute significantly to meeting the first targets to reduce the amount of waste landfilled by 2010 under the EC Landfill Directive. My officials hope to work with CoSLA and SEPA to identify funding priorities.
I suggest that Brian Monteith read the Official Report of the relevant committee meeting to see the interesting response that I received from the minister.
If not, she will reflect on the Official Report of this meeting. Today we heard that, in effect, the policy decision on the contract was made by the accountable officer, in this case the chief executive.
Antisocial Behaviour etc (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2 I welcome again Mary Mulligan and her officials. As has been our previous practice, if the minister wishes an official to contribute, they will have to do so at her invitation, which would be helpful to us.
If parents have a dispute with a local authority official, no other local authority official will support the parents for fear of falling out with the local authority.
As long as our civil service operates under the constraints of the Official Secrets Act and the cloak of confidentiality, however, we must respect its way of working.