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Lord Johnston then ordered that the petition be formally served and allowed seven days for the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body to lodge answers. A date for the hearing of legal arguments is to be fixed.Lord Johnston expressed the hope that no matters of substance would be considered by the committee in private this morning.
Although the book town project understandably draws to some extent on best practice elsewhere—notably, as has been mentioned, in Hay-on-Wye, whose designation as a book town dates back to 1961—many of those who are involved in Wigtown have been keen to emphasise their commitment to making the book town a place for Scottish authors and booklovers: a literary...
I hope that the committee will agree to discuss at an early date the introduction of a bill to amend the Matrimonial Homes (Family Protection) (Scotland) Act 1981.
I am thinking of Edinburgh and Glasgow—and, no doubt, elsewhere—where former banks have been converted into public houses that can accommodate 1,000 people.
To take a decision on the planning application, taking into account, among other factors, partial or out of date information on the site's status for nature conservation purposes would, I believe, be wrong.
The European Union and Herr Fischler must appreciate and learn from similar situations in other parts of the world. For example, in the Grand Banks in Newfoundland, cod have not returned after 10 years.
To put it in fairly crude terms, we do not function as a bank. I know that. We have to emphasise that fact when there are repeated requests for reprofiling.
Amendment 11 provides that the register that is maintained by the public guardian must be updated when the authority of the withdrawer is suspended or terminated.Amendment 12 provides that the public guardian may specify a time limit for the validity of certificates of authority to provide information about funds, open a bank account and transfer specified ...