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We jointly approached the UK Government to seek a derogation for drivers who had been stuck in snow, to give them extra hours to deliver vital food for livestock at this time of year.
The information is not held centrally but the Scottish Government is able to estimate the extra fuel required by using data held in the Scottish House Condition Survey.
Does the cabinet secretary believe that the extra jobs that have been created in the Scotland Office by the Secretary of State for Scotland, Jim Murphy, have contributed to Scotland's economic recovery?
Obviously, the University of the Highlands and Islands could not possibly give every lecturer an extra £7,000. Given the huge pay gap, is the Government willing to put money into the sector to ensure equal pay, once the agreement has been reached?
The value of the Fiscal Commission and the extra scrutiny that it can provide is in exactly the point that Dr Armstrong made about getting into the “nooks and crannies” of the model.
Amendment 112 clarifies the meaning of an offence not punishable by imprisonment. Section 1(2) sets out an extra test that has to be met before a constable can arrest someone without a warrant if the offence that the person is suspected of committing is “not punishable by imprisonment”.
I take your point that you would not want advertising to become standard practice, but might some of your fellow professionals take an extra-defensive position by advertising?