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In the context of the current debate about accreditation and statutory regulation, my problem is that we are talking about a sector that has a low reputational base, as measured by the volume of complaints that we have received in the evidence that we have taken to date and in our own postbags.In that context, what confidence could one have that if one did ...
Do you accept that if we are to move towards more sustainable flood management, the necessary hydrology and other skills will be needed most acutely in the local authorities, which, to date, have tended towards using engineering solutions to the problems that we have experienced?
Aside from preparation for meetings, a lot of other time is involved in keeping up to date on unusual stuff— Giving evidence to parliamentary committees and so on.
We are discussing with the counterweight programme how to make that happen. We will write to you with the date by which it will be available everywhere.Before the end of the year, we will produce some support material for boards on healthy weight strategies.
However, as the minister well knows, there are many in Sutherland and Easter Ross.Like others, the minister correctly drew our attention to the history: the important date of 1919 and why the Forestry Commission came into being.
I was unable to speak in the debate or I would have asked how much of the fund will be used for an evaluation of the kerb-crawling legislation. The evidence to date is that violence against women has increased—the situation has deteriorated.
That commitment represents progress in ensuring that the Parliament is up to date and up to speed with what is happening between the Government and the GHA.At the beginning of her speech, Johann Lamont said that the GHA is failing to deliver and that it has an overly centralised decision-making process.
The Committee asks the Scottish Government to set out:
what stakeholder engagement there has been in relation to this power to date.
What consideration it has given to whether there should be a requirement to consult with the housing regulator or other affected stakeholders before making regulations under this power given the impact they may have on those i...