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Presiding Officer, with your permission, I would like to make a statement on the end of the Lockerbie trial.I am grateful to the Parliament for an opportunity to speak today, following the conviction of Mr Al Megrahi yesterday.
Alongside that, a rule stipulates that, although one can spend capital from current revenue in the current year, it cannot be carried over into the following year. We are talking about real money, not borrowings.
Although some of the moneys that have been allocated are welcome, it is difficult for committee members to follow the health pound through to the point of delivery by local health boards.
The research paper indicates that Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, Clackmannanshire and Ayrshire are most affected. The leaseholds follow a 19th century industrial pattern.
The Local Government Committee unanimously supported the repeal of surcharge. Following the concerns of COSLA and others that my amendment was not a "belt and braces" amendment, the minister agreed to come back with alternative wording.
Councils probably routinely make quite a few mistakes because the planning system is a democratic system in which decisions are taken by laymen—I beg your pardon, I meant to say lay people; I am old fashioned in many respects. If we start to follow that sort of procedure, we will encourage people to raise objections to get a hearing—to get their day in cour...