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We recommended that the regulations and the code of practice be updated because they are out of date and best practice is far ahead of what the regulations require.
If a strategy cannot be put in place by a certain date, it should be made quite clear how the industry will be supported until that goal can be reached.
It is, in fact, a danger to road safety to have such a differential between the speed limits for goods vehicles and other cars.I have just come back from holiday in New Zealand, where most of the roads, apart from bits of motorway near the cities, are single carriageway.
As I said, in the majority of cases it is in our interests to give maximum notice and to derive maximum publicity. However, for marches on dates that cannot be predicted—such as a march to mark a factory closure or a world event such as a war—we are keen that maximum flexibility be shown in relation to the notice period.
It might be that my perception is a bit out of date and that you will tell me so, but there seems to be a great deal of older stock on the road that we in Scotland would replace in most places.
Christine Grahame pointed out—humorously, but correctly—the different drinking cultures of northern and southern Europe, which are climatically conditioned. When one is on holiday in Greece or Italy, one sees a very different culture.
I am a recent addition to the work of the Scottish Prison Service, where my influence has been limited to date. It sends out a wonderful message that the Prison Service has embraced someone joining its board from a local authority background.
We heard that from the B&Q survey, and a MORI poll gave the same result.During the summer, I asked all my friends who were going on holiday to find out whether a charge was made for plastic bags or paper bags.