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Will the minister indicate what steps the Government is taking, or might consider taking, to ensure that such valuable green spaces are protected from being repeatedly chipped away at by a successive jungle of environmentally damaging development projects—especially when they go against the wishes of the local population—given all the negative consequences ...
Although that matter is for the local authority, we expect local authorities and health boards to take account of the recommendations of "All Our Futures" when they develop leisure and other services for older people, and to ensure that those services are accessible and affordable.
Following on from the responses that we have received, one suggestion for action is that we ask what specific measures for improving care standards have been developed and put in place. That might be worth pursuing with COSLA, the Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care and the Scottish Government.
Given that Glasgow has 60 schools that have achieved health-promoting status and 29 excellent new learning communities that continue to pursue the determined to succeed initiative, will the minister tell me how the Government, in conjunction with Glasgow City Council, can further develop those programmes to the maximum benefit of the local communities?
We strongly support the agenda that was advanced by the previous Government and developed by John McClelland, who will be closely involved in our procurement agenda.
Is the minister aware of the recent development, involving Faroese Telecom, of the laying of a fibre optic cable connecting Faroe, Iceland, Shetland and the Scottish mainland?
Can he assure me that he will not only insist that the crime campus headquarters with more than 900 quality jobs goes ahead as promised but ensure that progress on developing the rest of the site will be quick and not further delayed by work on other sites?
Our priorities for primary education include leadership, continuous professional development, curriculum for excellence, assessment is for learning, health promotion, class sizes and continuing improvements to school buildings.
There have been recent sad cases in the press about the quality of care in one or two institutions, where there has been neglect as a result of failure to follow through on medication.We should ask what impact the revised code will have on care standards that have been developed as a result of legislation that the Parliament has introduced in relation to th...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
15 April 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on the importance of the planning gain mechanism to local authorities in developing their communities. Planning gain or developer contributions are generally obtained through the use of planning agreements.