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However, as I made clear during the debate on rail that we had recently, it is for individual bidders to come forward with their proposals.The Brown review, which the UK Government has set up, will potentially have implications for the ScotRail franchise if it chooses to make recommendations that would change the basis of future franchise arrangements.
Can he give some comfort to associations such as that? The member has written to Keith Brown, the Minister for Housing and Transport, on that point and will receive a detailed reply in the next few days.We are looking at any unintended consequences of the legislation with a view to making any necessary amendments in the housing bill that is planned for intr...
What would be the annual cost of additional business rates paid by Scottish Enterprise as a result of the proposed legislation on unoccupied properties? I will have to write to Mr Brown with the specific detail on that.The Government’s proposals on empty property relief are designed to provide every incentive to ensure that business rents are set at an appr...
It is thanks to Alistair Darling, Gordon Brown, George Osborne and the current United Kingdom Government that we do not have the money for the project.
Our non-profit-distributing programme will involve additional capital spend of £2.5 billion; our Network Rail investments, funded by the regulatory asset base, will be another £1 billion; and the Scottish housing announcement that Mr Brown and I made two months ago involves, on its own, £460 million of investment in new housing—some £110 million of that was...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
20 November 2013
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-17994 by Keith Brown on 7 November 2013, in what cost period the electrification of the Maryhill railway line will be included.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
20 September 2012
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-08881 by Keith Brown on 15 August 2012, what correspondence it has had with the EU regarding the process.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-20531 by Keith Brown on 22 April 2014, whether this constitutes official confirmation that there is no reasonably convenient alternative route that has no ferry or toll.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
1 November 2013
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-17218 by Keith Brown on 30 September 2013, who authorised the decision to sell the land at public auction.
That is a conundrum. I recognise Keith Brown’s campaign to highlight the rights of the deceased, and we will continue to discuss how to get round that issue.