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As Sandy Boyle said, people talk about issues such as the South African asbestos case. Why, therefore, do we need to follow the line that has been proposed?
As Sandy Boyle said, people talk about issues such as the South African asbestos case. Why, therefore, do we need to follow the line that has been proposed?
On whether it would have been a good idea to have followed DEFRA in putting a time limit on prosecutions, my feeling and my understanding is that the standard position—if there is such a thing—for such offences is that there is no time limit.
The Transport and the Environment Committee is required to report on the instrument by 1 October 2001.We will follow our standard procedure for handling affirmative Scottish statutory instruments.
I presume that you do so if you feel that your recommendations have not been followed. Can you give examples of circumstances in which you would do so?
We could speak to some of the providers of concessionary schemes and ask how they see the links between such schemes and other social objectives. Perhaps we could follow a combination of those suggestions.
The evidence is, however, that they are not asking for it, which is an interesting aspect of this first year. I want to follow up from David Davidson's previous question.