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We believe that we require this flexibility as the regime beds down so that we are able to restrict or remove prohibitions that would stop the regime working properly.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
17 March 2000
The rules of evidence would apply, but there must be some flexibility. The important thing is to take the minister out of the process and substitute an impartial body.
However, with the funding regime that it operates under the water industry commissioner and the Scottish Executive's policy direction, it is not funded to achieve such standards.
For adults, we are considering whether discounts on computer literacy courses might be offered through individual learning accounts in order to increase IT literacy across the workforce. S1W-04196
The Deputy Minister for Environment and Rural Development, Allan Wilson, would like to have a representative on the working group, which will meet on 16 June.