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Ross Finnie mentioned that the private sector must play a vital role in ensuring that funding is brought forward to tackle the housing crisis in Scotland and that the recession must not damage the homelessness target.
I also felt that a large number of SSIs were considered prior to the recess. Today's debate affords us an opportunity to make progress in a practical sense.However, it is important for us to recognise that the Subordinate Legislation Committee has highlighted a number of important issues.
It is therefore likely that we will be asked to consider the prioritisation of a short leet at our first meeting in September, after the summer recess. Do members have any comments on the draft person specification?
To ask the Scottish Government how much the reorganisation of colleges has cost to date. The Scottish Funding Council advises that the cost of college mergers is around £55 million, most of which was associated with voluntary severance programmes.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-24876 by John Swinney on 23 March 2015, on what date in June 2015 will it report on any underspend arising from the 2014-15 budget.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
30 October 2014
To ask the Scottish Government when it will announce the successful bidder for the ScotRail franchise and on what date it will publish the franchise agreement.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
9 January 2014
To ask the Scottish Government how many meeting requests the Minister for Transport and Veterans has received from MSPs who wished to discuss rail services in the year to date, broken down by members of the (a) SNP and (b) opposition parties.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
14 March 2013
Scottish Greenhouse Gas Emissions 2011 will be published in June 2013. The exact publication date will be available by May 2013 on the Scottish Government website at: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Search/Forthcoming.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Cabinet has discussed the possible impact on jobs and investment of the News Corporation bid for BSkyB and, if so, on what dates. The information requested is being collated.