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If we do not complete stage 2 today, we will have to have a double sitting at a later date. That is the stick; you have had the carrot.Before section 1 Amendment 19, in the name of Richard Simpson, is grouped with amendments 21, 24, 26 and 34 to 36.
We have received written as well as oral evidence from a number of organisations that, over the years, have consistently made the case that more needs to be spent on walking and cycling. To date, we have not had a favourable report on the Government’s record in that area.
That is in the hands of John Kinnaird; I have not put pressure on him to report by a certain date. However, from the latest information that I have, I expect the report early in the new year, so it is literally only weeks away.With regard to on-going negotiations with the UK Government on the devolution of the animal health and welfare budgets, and the anim...
We are all under pressure to be as efficient as possible; that applies to elections.To date, I have never had a returning officer mention to me anything specific about a lack of funding for elections in their councils.
It is unreasonable to treat damage to scheme works as criminal in one case but not in another purely because of the date when the works were completed. Amendment 102 will therefore extend the criminal offence in section 59 to damage to schemes that were constructed under the 1961 act.
—made a freedom of information request to HMRC dated 3 October. He asked for copies of correspondence—including memos and notes—between the Scottish Government and HMRC since the 2007 election on HMRC becoming involved in the collection of the SNP Government's local income tax and for any similar material from previous parliamentary sessions.
Will they take away the information, look at it and report back to Parliament at a later date? The SNP has said that this side of the chamber is scaremongering, but we are not.
Hospital notes, making their progress round the wards, can appear rather toxic, since they are grubby and, in the case of elderly patients, often date from a long time back. There are social factors.