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Principle V in paragraph 4 of annexe 5 has been breached, and the member accepted that. Many of the issues that have been raised are concerns that all committee members share.
However, I want to make a distinction. Many local authorities will fund small voluntary organisations or community groups to undertake particular activities.
It has not come clean and put its case in a coherent manner, and that is why there is such strong public backing for the RFU case.There is the added worry that many local retained firefighters would lose their jobs as a result of the plans.
This is about the management of risk, as in many ways is the Holyrood project. We are trying to make reasonable dispositions that will not require us to make further calls on the consolidated fund.
The mandatory provision that we have suggested would be a useful backstop; it would be a source of considerable comfort to the many owners whose circumstances may require them to sell in the short term.
I have been in local authorities for many years. It always troubled me that you did not get best value when it came to the end of the year because you were rushing to spend money when it was not necessary.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
12 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many alcohol-related deaths there were in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) parliamentary constituency and (b) local authority area.
The survey was reduced to three days duration in 2003 to minimise the workload of busy A&E Departments, as many departments completed the survey manually.