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Over the months, many constituents have complained to me that they find it difficult, if not impossible, to get up-to-date and reliable timetable information about local bus services.
My experience from the few cases that I have dealt with that required a planning application is that they complied with the terms of the permission. To date, I have had no cause for concern with any of the sites.
I ask the minister to ensure that the Finance Committee is given regular spend-to-date information so that it can properly scrutinise all ministerial departments' responsibilities.
A further cause for concern is that so many houses fall ‘Below Tolerable Standard', even though that Standard was set almost 30 years ago and is now out of date."If it was out of date in 1997, it is even more out of date now.
As soon as we are able to reach agreement on a sensible way forward, we will announce it. I cannot give you a date at this point. Ian Fleming has been involved in the discussions most recently.
It is a maxim that has precedent in British, Scots, Australian, Canadian, Indian, European and American law, but which has come under scrutiny of late. The principle dates from English common law in the 12th century.
They can answer then.Are the Liberals prepared to put the lives of submariners at risk in 20 years or so by sending them to sea in out-of-date submarines that are not capable of doing the job?
We have made a number of recommendations to various councils over the years about the completeness of their asset registers, their procedures for keeping them up to date—for example, ensuring that disposals are timeously removed from asset registers—and the issue of whether the correct basis of valuation has been used.
Initially, it was promised that there would be a settlement by 1 April 2004, but that date has long passed. One council settled long before the deadline, so it cannot be argued that it was not possible to settle before the deadline.