This search includes all content on the Scottish Parliament website, except for Votes and Motions. All Official Reports (what has been said in Parliament) and Questions and Answers are available from 1999. You can refine your search by adding and removing filters.
I learned at a very early age, when I was a law student, that one should always treat legal text books with care and that, first and foremost, one should look at the publication date. I am sure that magistrates also know well enough to do that.
Given the Executive's clear opposition to third-party appeals, however, that would appear to be the only route open at present to those who are aggrieved by planning decisions. To date, the responsible subject committee—the Transport and the Environment Committee—has been unwilling to consider the issue of third-party planning appeals.
Would the minister agree that our top priority must be to replace with permanent new buildings all classroom huts and pre-fabricated buildings? Some of them date back to the late 1940s and early 1950s, as at Bell Baxter High School in Cupar, and all of them are unhealthy by nature—too cold and damp in winter and too hot in summer.
In an answer to Roseanna Cunningham dated 14 February 2002, I set out the money that we spent on the big five accountants, but that is not the question that Mr Sheridan asked.
Does the minister agree that voluntary organisations, such as the YWCA in my constituency, must be reassured that there is no cut-off date for registration as they have advised and that the good work that they undertake in child care should not be undermined while they await vetting outcomes?
I am pleased to hear the additional sum of £10 million for 2003-04 being mentioned, because investment to date has been sadly lacking due to the shortfall of £10 million.
The end of February is the earliest date on which we can take into consideration the findings of that review.The issues are complex, particularly in relation to educational advisers.