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To ask the Scottish Executive whether the First Minister met any objectors to the planning application in Aviemore in which Mr Donald Macdonald had an interest and, if so, on what dates. No. S3W-09036
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Date answered:
8 February 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of people with learning disabilities living in private hospitals have an agreed discharge date. This informationis not held centrally.
Again, I commend the work of the committee in bringing this report to the Parliament. 16:19 I begin by thanking all members of the Welfare Reform Committee for their work on the report. We all know that the recession has had a devastating effect on Scotland and the whole of the UK, but it has particularly affected certain groups—the young, disabled people ...
The Scottish Government intimated to me that it was going to take over my bill proposal almost 17 months ago. On the very last day before recess, just as the egg timer was running down and I would have been able to pursue the bill myself, the Government said that it would take it forward and that it was minded to legislate on my proposal.
We intend to look at the operation of committees and other matters after the summer recess. The Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee, with its report on parliamentary reform, has begun an MOT of the Parliament’s procedures.