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Ultimately, if there are concerns about funding and finances in colleges, the funding council, which disburses public funds, should be responsible for intervening if required.
Question 3 has been withdrawn.Air Route DevelopmentFund Air Route DevelopmentFund To ask the Scottish Executive whether environmental or economic considerations are given greater weight when making decisions on routes to support through the air route developmentfund.
Indeed, according to the specific recommendation that the Royal Society made on funding, the Government should"increase investment in animal disease research and development by the order of £250 million over the next 10 years."
Amendment 49 corrects that mistake; no substantive policy issue is involved.The bill has been developed to ensure that Gaelic development can be approached in a flexible and proportionate manner, according to local circumstances.
A key change that the council would like the housing bill to introduce would be to give the council the development role of Scottish Homes. The council wants to take on that strategic role and have some control over where the developmentfunding is spent.
We will need to examine how the fund can be expanded to meet the growing need for flexible, floating support to ensure that people can sustain their tenancies.
The Executive has made substantial efforts to ensure that the voluntary sector has much longer-term and more stable funding. When funding voluntary organisations, we have established a three-year funding model.