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In response to Tavish Scott's assertion that, according to some Royal Bank of Scotland league tables, we are improving, I say that Scotland comes 11th out of 12 UK regions in the Royal Bank of Scotland's purchasing managers report.
Because he is self-employed and has a small amount of savings in the bank, he has no access to benefits and he receives no benefit from the rates holiday that has been granted by Dumfries and Galloway Council, because he pays council tax rather than rates.
They are likely to use the high street banks and their own local branches. We saw something similar happening about a year ago when Safeway was taken over by Morrisons and the in-store post office was closed.
I have had some correspondence with Henry McLeish about that, but I cannot quite remember what the date will be. That links in with tourism—we must set a date for when we will deal with that.
Completion dates for installation are reminiscent of those for the Holyrood building project, as dates range from 2004 to perhaps as far ahead as 2007.
The participants in the E C Harris conference certainly identified that as a vital issue for them. The banks like to finance big deals, which means that health boards' capital spending priorities become determined not by clinical priorities or health needs but by the demands of the banks.
Private Water Supplies (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (SSI 2006/209) It is not clear why the words:"With effect from 3rd July 2006",in regulation 37(1) are necessary, as the regulations as a whole come into force on that date. We might wish to ask the Executive to explain that, as well as picking up a couple of minor points.Members indicated agreement.
Do members agree to the attached draft call for evidence with a closing date for responses of 26 November 2004, and agree that it should be published on the committee's web page?