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Similarly, I am worried about how the ferries issue will turn out when the Minister for Transport and Planning and Mrs de Palacio eventually fix up a regime for tendering.
Similarly, I am worried about how the ferries issue will turn out when the Minister for Transport and Planning and Mrs de Palacio eventually fix up a regime for tendering.
I do not advocate that, but I recognise that, de facto, it is the case. Although GAE is a method of distributing grant, councils can and do spend more or less of their GAE.
Although the Executive tells us that there is no reason to interpret the national planning policy guidelines any differently, the fact is that they are being interpreted differently. Therefore the de facto case exists and is not being addressed.
It is also tremendously important that that value is added in, rather than outwith, Scotland. We are operating a de facto food and drink innovation centre, which we are setting up with the Scottish Agricultural College.
I think that the Executive said that the interim code would be introduced with the act, but the question is whether the interim code might become a permanent code de facto, because a permanent code is never created.
If we removed the term "nearest relative" from the bill, we would exclude anybody acting under section 1(4)(b)—unless we said that the nearest relative is de facto the primary carer—as the adult with incapacity would not have appointed that person as their primary carer.
Just before—or just after—Christmas, the Executive issued a press release about the de minimis level of £60,000 for grants that was going to be paid because of a hiatus in the system.
Just before—or just after—Christmas, the Executive issued a press release about the de minimis level of £60,000 for grants that was going to be paid because of a hiatus in the system.
Exhibit 6 on page 20 shows one of the very few instances of our being able to pin down the impact of a national policy initiative on islands and remote areas.