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Will he explain to the Parliament why the service personnel who will be engaged in firefighting have been given only two days' training? Will he make arrangements to ensure that those personnel will have access to cutting equipment and breathing apparatus in fire service stations?
As a result, any proposal to enlarge an already vast landfill site so close to a village and to continue blindly to dispose of up to 2,000 tons of domestic and industrial waste a day is not acceptable.We are also concerned by past poor landfill practices by operators in engineering design.
I take Laura Dolan's point, but the convener asked, if the current estimable bunch of ministers were some day to be replaced by a not so estimable bunch— Excuse me—I did not refer to an estimable bunch of ministers.
Given the way in which he said that, I wonder whether "dialogue" is a bit of a euphemism.Secondly, Sir David says in his letter that"the design team have clarified and strengthened their internal lines of responsibility".I would have thought that it was a bit late in the day for the team to be strengthening its lines of responsibility.
I presumed that Michael Russell was making the point that Irene McGugan would be a more honest member of the committee than any of the alternatives that might come from the nationalists.Even though I have been relishing the thought of this debate all day, I am astonished by the fact that the Scottish National Party does not want the Scottish Parliament to b...
Unfortunately, that did not materialise because of the events of that day. However, we are conscious of the need to promote popular culture and anxious to improve on that.I say to Ian Jenkins that the graph is simply a representation of the division of expenditure between priorities in the department.
It is tangible evidence of the Executive's commitment to translating our promises into results.We are aware, of course, that attention has focused in recent days on attendance allowance. I will set out clearly the position on that issue.
The statement mentions many abolitions, several reviews and unifications and one or two creations. I presume that, at the end of the day, we will satisfy one of the nine criteria, which is better value for money.
According to statistics, those who use hostel accommodation spend an average of £35 to £37 a day. That is a significant input into a fragile and often marginal economy.
Members will see from the note that the 21-day rule has been breached, which the Subordinate Legislation Committee has already drawn to our attention, so that has to go in the report.