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So, we are roughly aiming for 1997 for the reserved areas— But you go back to the Tory years for the indicator that I mentioned. No. In May 1997, when the Administration came to power, it inherited the 1996-97 position.
Once the future skills unit is up and running and has much better information at its disposal about the nature of the 100,000 vacancies in Scotland, that is when—perhaps in a year or two—this committee may want to take a view on how the future skills unit relates to careers Scotland—how directive the relationship should be—and consider the unit's link to th...
You would be able to raise the matter at that stage. May I ask for some guidance? Is it up to the committee to decide whether or not a change is substantial?
Decisions made by the Executive in haste and at the last moment can easily be repented at leisure. If I may treat that as a point of order, I should like to say that I agree entirely with Lord James Douglas-Hamilton.
The one on which we can act immediately is the request from the council for the Rural Affairs Committee to visit the island as a matter of urgency, to assess the impact that the closure will have on the local economy and the sustainability of the island. Members may want to visit Islay as a committee.
I am sure that members will agree that nothing concentrates the mind more than the realisation that one's income may be insufficient to cover one's debts.I want to focus almost entirely on prepayment meters.