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To ask the Scottish Executive what support is given to Glasgow to meet the extra policing and other costs generated by national events, such as international football games, which take place within the city.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
13 January 2000
Tayside will receive its fair share of the extra £300 million made available to the NHS in Scotland this year and of the additional £290 million for next year.
However, it would only delay matters if—when the power might be exercised—it was necessary to have another layer of meetings before the police could act. An extra round of discussions would not be required, but strengthening the guidance slightly would ensure that discussions would include all the options that the police or local authorities were considerin...
It is up to the Executive to find out how to obtain that power. Substitutes in extra time have been known to score winning goals and change the situation.
There might be one other consideration—the fact that we will be bringing the minister to the meeting. The extra travel time might affect something else that he is doing on that day.
None of us wants meetings to proliferate, but a briefing would have helped to make this meeting more productive.If members receive their papers and want extra information, I am sure that the NAO will be happy to help.
I had no idea that the commissioner had asked for extra legal advice and I would be extremely concerned if the standards procedures are such that the commissioner is so bogged down in legal matters that he requires extra assistance.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether Fisheries Research Services (FRS) will be responsible for delivering the services of the regulator for the aquaculture sector and, if so, what the extra costs to FRS will be of so doing.