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In the operation of the Scottish Land Court to date, have there been any instances where people have perceived themselves to be hard done by because of the lack of an appeal on facts?
They include knowing whether the directives are up to date and whether they are being seen in the light of full information, which the patient may have updated.
We speak about the comprehensive school, but perhaps we are using language that is becoming dated. Comprehensive education represents an opportunity for all to be included in a process, but "all" in that context refers to youngsters.
There might be some hiccups here and there, but I am not aware of problems at the moment and we do not envisage any difficulties with the starting date. I am sure that we are all pleased to hear that.
To prevent publication of this matter, on 21 April 2002 the Executive told a newspaper that this petition would get nowhere.The Kenneth Ross matter would not have arisen if the Law Society of Scotland had investigated complaints against Mr Ross dating from 1977 to the late 1990s. The investigations were sidetracked—that is the opinion of the lay observer in...
I have lodged an amendment, which will be dealt with at a later date, by which, with members' agreement, a definition of pest species would be inserted in the bill.We all accept, as we did in our stage 1 report, that pest control is necessary.
We launched another inquiry because of the increase in differential, which we had observed prior to that date, between Highlands and Islands prices and prices elsewhere in the UK.
After stage 1 of the proposed environmental assessment bill, there should be another slot before the summer recess. Those are two reasonable slots in which we could carry out inquiry work.SPICe has produced a paper that sets out a range of issues that we might want to consider, so the matter is open for discussion.
I was thoroughly impressed by the dedication of my colleagues on that council in performing a variety of jobs: monitoring performance through observer groups in hospitals; conducting surveys of user views; assisting and commenting on future plans; advising patients on their rights; solving conflicts; assisting complaints procedures; and attending meetings of the health and hospital boards.Those jobs involve a huge volume of work. During the recess...