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The air route developmentfund is managed jointly with Scottish Enterprise, so it has played an important role in improving air links with other parts of Europe and further afield.
One of the challenges that enlargement poses for Scotland concerns structural funds. The next round of structural fund negotiations will almost certainly be the last for Scotland, at least in their current form.
One of the things that I was trying to touch on was the requirement for a degree of flexibility. If a tender is accepted on the basis that there is to be no change to it, that could have significant knock-on effects for the development of transport and transport infrastructure for the next five to 10 years.We want to have some built-in flexibility so that the process moves quickly.
In detailed appraisals carried out by Scottish Homes of historic stock transfers through housing associations, a formula was developed for either major repairs funds or sinking funds.
They are good, varied institutions, which co-operate with each other and are well run in their different ways. However, they need secure funding to enable them to be more flexible and they need less bureaucracy.
Members indicated agreement.Regional DevelopmentFunding Regional DevelopmentFunding Item 5 is on renationalising regional developmentfunding, which is...
That is why I announced earlier this year that I would be prepared to consider grants that continued funding. It was not only about new funding, but continued funding for schemes that currently receive grants.
The Scottish Agricultural Organisation Society, to which we provide considerable funding, is very much in the business of helping farmers to develop their business plans.
One is the public transport fund. I would be keen to consider the development of a congestion charging scheme in the context of putting forward a bid to the public transport fund.