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We would like to introduce the straightforward MD initially, but perhaps follow on with PhDs. It seems that the committee is the 2002 equivalent of a papal bull.
That would allow the witnesses to prepare for the meeting. Are we agreed to follow that course of action?Members indicated agreement.Draft Instruments Subject to Approval Draft Instruments Subject to ApprovalForth Estuary Transport Authority Order 2002 (Draft) Forth Estuary Transport Authority Order 2002 (Draft) Next we come to this week's deliberate mist...
The report will be circulated for the following week's meeting. We will discuss the draft report on 1 March and—I hope—reach an agreement on the report by 7 March.I appreciate that that is a tight schedule, but we must be ambitious in terms of getting through the committee's work.
The only stipulation that I require, in relation to this inquiry, is that we follow the committee's remit, which must guide the direction of each case study.
The committee sought an explanation on three matters. Following the advice we received today, I suggest that the order should be reported to Parliament on the grounds of defective drafting.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
29 March 2006
Volume 5 willcontain quantified projections of energysupply and demand for 2020, and a qualitative assessment of the potentialenergy situation in 2050.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
3 February 2005
We have provided £321 million up to 2007-08 and £986 million up to 2020 to all 32 local authorities, through the Strategic Waste Fund, to improve recycling facilities.
Volume 5 of the study will consider how Scotland's energy use could change in the medium term to 2020 and will use projections of demand and supply that are informed by different scenarios that could influence energy use in the future.
It seems that it is all right for us to follow the rules, but that the Executive gets away with not following the rules when it feels that that is appropriate.