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To ask the Presiding Officer (a) when the plans for the Holyrood site were, or will be, signed off; (b) when and how these plans will be available for inspection by MSPs and the public; (c) when the Holyrood progress group will meet, and (d) whether the Holyrood progress group will consist of professionals in the construction field or of MSPs or both.
The regulatory role of the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate (NII) relates to safety within nuclear licensed sites. This is a reserved matter.Protection of the environment is the regulatory responsibility of the environment agencies who regularly meet the NII to discuss issues of common interest.Discharges of radioactive waste to the environment in Scotlan...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
27 January 2000
This involves face-to-face meetings between officials and a wide range of interested parties across Scotland and an open invitation to any other individuals or organisations, through a press release and consultation paper on the Scottish Executive web site, to submit their views. S1W-03708
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
20 January 2000
On 4 October 1999, an audit of staff, commissioned by Highlands and Islands Enterprise, at Barmac's Nigg and Ardersier yards showed that there were 4,254 staff on site of whom approximately 2,400 were employed by sub-contractors.
Housing stock transfer remains a key option for councils to attract substantial new investment to improve housing in their area while keeping rents affordable.
Will he ensure that those new services are advertised widely to people in the Borders community, particularly people who do not use buses and who should be attracted from their cars on to the improving bus services in the Borders?
That acts as a disincentive to long-term planning and the development of facilities and it affects the ability to obtain or attract funding. As members will have noticed, my motion on the subject is mentioned in the accompanying paperwork.
(S2O-5607) Scottish Development International met the Department of Trade and Industry on 8 February 2005 as part of its on-going discussions with a range of United Kingdom Government departments aimed at seeking to attract high-quality jobs and investment to Scotland.
The interesting thing is that, instead of thinking less of such people, I hold them in greater respect. I am attracted to the integrity that allows them to admit that they need to change.