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For example, there are only 33 days between the return of the Parliament after the summer recess and the October recess. That would mean that for instruments to come into force at the end of October they would have to be laid in draft in early July.
That leads me inevitably to the conclusion that, despite our best endeavours to date, there is no compelling alternative proposition that is superior to the provisions in the bill.
It has always been understood in Scots property law that an inhibition would not be effective if it was registered after the date of completion of missives for the sale.
It also sets out non-Cabinet ministers who have attended the public Q&A events to date and all ministers who have attended the public discussions following the Cabinet meetings held outside Edinburgh to date.
In a time of economic downturn—in all probability, recession—there will be even stronger temptations for local councils, which are largely responsible for the services, to make cutbacks.
If we say that that must come out of demand and that the taxpayer must stump up for it immediately, all that will happen is that the recession will turn up in a different way.