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I have also circulated it to Conservative party candidates, many of whom will join me on these benches after 3 May. I hope that they are signing up to it and that they will be committed to supporting the Scottish Executive's work in Malawi when they come to the Parliament.I recognise that some people are concerned about the role that the Scottish Executive ...
It is not difficult to identify the reasons for that. Someone may make an appointment and then find out that it is not convenient, so they cancel it and make another appointment at another time.
Such complaints are primarily from those people who may be unable to travel by public transport because they are unwell, because they are not served by buses or because they are visiting or working at the hospital at night.The other item of background to the debate is the decision to move the Royal hospital for sick children from its current cramped Victori...
I thought that I had dealt with the Greens rather firmly.An editorial in the Aberdeen Evening Express on 15 May said:"The city bypass, combined with the dualling of the A90 north will create what this area needs—a modern, efficient road system.
For example, there is a General Teaching Council for Scotland, which is distinct from the General Teaching Council for England. Someone's qualifications may be recognised and may enable them to teach in England but not in Scotland.
All organisations need to get to grips more with such issues.We are now at the fortunate stage of being able to look beyond the corporate roll-out of equalities training and to consider specific needs; for example, there may be a need for information technology staff to focus more on IT and accessibility issues in their training, or we may want to provide more specific training to our front-line staff.
The pain can be excruciating, as I found when canvassing in Cradlehall during the 1997 election campaign and was virtually incapacitated. I suppose that that may have been good news for my opponents, but it was bad news for me.
Some seem to be genetic; in others, our old enemies of poor diet, tobacco, alcohol and lack of exercise may contribute. Giving up cigarettes and staying within the recommended guidelines on the consumption of alcohol will undoubtedly help.