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The court would quickly have become completely swamped, and the lawyers and judges would have had to carry round unmanageable quantities of paper. Accordingly, the Crown Office developed a system for scanning, retaining and viewing all the documents in the case.
Communities' concern about this development has rightly been mentioned. I am sure that that concern is reflected among the Caledonian MacBrayne work force.
However, I do not see why the civil servant cannot rejoice in his or her name in virtually all circumstances.I have never named a civil servant—I have not had occasion to—but if I wanted to say that a helpful individual in the Scottish Executive development department gave me information, why should I not?
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will provide details of the projects funded by the Children, Young People and Families Unified Voluntary Sector Fund and, if so, when it will provide this information.
To ask the Scottish Executive what funding has been given under the Rural Transport Fund to Scottish Borders Council in (a) 1999-2000, (b) 2000-01, (c) 2001-02 and (d) 2002-03, broken down by project.
In the light of those responses, it would be entirely appropriate to send the petition to the Environment and Rural Development Committee for consideration during its scrutiny of the Aquaculture and Fisheries (Scotland) Bill.
I am sure that the legal adviser considered this, but the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 removed from Scots law Crown immunity from planning controls for development. The Parliament agreed to a Sewel motion on the matter.