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Official Report Meeting date: 30 May 2006

Equal Opportunities Committee, 30 May 2006

The core reason for that could be the lack of compulsion, in that there is no local or national inspectorate."—Official Report, Equal Opportunities Committee, 9 May 2006; c 1790.

Official Report Meeting date: 24 May 2006

Education Committee, 24 May 2006

Such a child would be able to say whether they would be happy with the arrangement. We have no official position on the matter, but I broadly agree with Fiona Lettice.

Official Report Meeting date: 18 May 2006

Plenary, 18 May 2006

It is important that we do not spend all our time measuring and not enough time doing.I accept, however, the need for action by the Executive and the ONS. I can announce that officials will meet colleagues from the Office for National Statistics tomorrow to start the process of improving the availability of business investment data.

Official Report Meeting date: 16 May 2006

Equal Opportunities Committee, 16 May 2006

Disabled groups have met council officials over the years. We do not have to go back to our local groups and write; we can have issues dealt with at source.

Official Report Meeting date: 21 February 2006

Local Government and Transport Committee, 21 Feb 2006

What is the average adult single fare? My officials might know that. There is no generic average single fare that covers the entire country.

Official Report Meeting date: 21 December 2005

Plenary, 21 Dec 2005

If so, why does paragraph 74 on page 18 of the Finance Committee's report mention"advice from an Executive official that Glasgow City council expects to save £19.8m"and state that"Although those are described as efficiency improvements by the council they include reduction in education costs of over £1 million"?

Official Report Meeting date: 25 November 2004

Plenary, 25 Nov 2004

Johann Lamont said: "I am optimistic that we will have a debate on that broader issue towards the end of the month."—Official Report, 4 November 2004; c 11600 and 11629.There is an issue here about the Executive's use of precious parliamentary debating time.

Official Report Meeting date: 26 February 2004

Plenary, 26 Feb 2004

I am delighted that even the Conservatives have recognised the error of their ways on the issue.Mary Scanlon said in the chamber in September 2002 that a new dental school"simply would not be possible".—Official Report, 5 September 2002; c 13517.

Official Report Meeting date: 12 November 2003

Plenary, 12 Nov 2003

The Sheriffs Association points out that although it is true that short sentences do not present an opportunity to reform offenders' behaviour,"The reconviction figures of those who receive a custodial sentence are bound to be bad"because"We are talking about people who are in no mood to co-operate with society."—Official Report, Justice 1 Committee, 18 Feb...

Official Report Meeting date: 3 September 2003

Plenary, 03 Sep 2003

One in three Scottish workers is officially low paid. The situation is getting worse.

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