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We have agreed to consider undertaking further work on sustainable development. I suggest that, as part of our scrutiny of the impact of Executive bills, we take evidence from the Minister for Environment and Rural Development on 21 June, when he will come before us to discuss European issues.
The fact that we have been able to scrutinise the motion on the Gender Recognition Bill is a good development. It had been intended that we would deal with the issue next week but, in order for us to influence the process, we had to do it today.
The logic of all this is somewhat different from what the bill has produced. This is a development of what I said earlier, which I have been thinking about.
I confirm that we will work with Enable and its partners to evaluate the scheme's impact and that we will fund that evaluation, which will be used to refine the scheme.
Prior to the introduction of this programme funding for CCTV and other community safety initiatives was awarded to specific projects through challenge funding competitions, rather than directly to local authorities.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
21 March 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive how much funding it provided for medical research in each of the last three financial years; which organisations benefited from this funding in each year and how much funding each organisation received.