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Page 4 of the explanatory notes contains the briefest financial memorandum that we have received to date. I do not think that there is a great deal to be said.
The Executive is not complacent about the task ahead. However, the UNICEF information dates from 1995 and shows the legacy of two decades of the Conservative Government, under whose regime the number of people living in poverty doubled and the number of children living in households with low incomes more than doubled.
The revised strategy lays down air quality objectives and dates in relation to the eight pollutants of most concern to human health.In addition, this year the Scottish Executive expects through the Scottish Parliament to implement European Union legislation on the sulphur content of liquid fuels and two directives on air quality, with the overall aim of fur...
As the Deputy First Minister said, the UNICEF figures are some five years out of date. Does he agree that it is only by taking an holistic approach to child poverty that we will be able to lift the vast number of children who live in poverty out of that situation?
Will she also confirm that a commitment by the strategic rail authority to bring forward that target date from 2011 to 2006 would meet many of the aspirations for rail enhancement on the east coast main line?
I have written to every health board, and have received replies from 80 per cent of them, on the number of joint investment funds in operation. To date, that number is one. We might well be talking about a theory.
I was interested in the mention of scaled payments for different values of poindings, which set in mind a train of thought that that could relate to Tommy Sheridan's Abolition of Poindings and Warrant Sales Bill at a later date. That is interesting to note, but it does not mean that we need to do anything about these statutory instruments.
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Date answered:
30 November 2000
An up-to date list of all currently active projects known to the Executive, giving the dates requested, where available, and the total estimated capital value of known projects is available in SPICe.
The member refers to frequently documented problems, but I suggest that he cannot be looking at up-to-date material about the delivery of health care services throughout Scotland, including the Highlands and Islands and the Western Isles.