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Officials will work with MOD Defence Estates over the coming months to explore how Defence Estates can take forward the disposal of its Machrihanish base in a way that balances environmental concerns, maintains lifeline transport links and maximises the economic development contribution the site''s future use can make to the Campbeltown community, the economy of Kintyre and Scotland as a whole. The resulting disposal strategy will itself inform consideration of any additional measures that may needed to maximise identified economic development opportunities.
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Date answered:
5 November 2008
Local authorities'' and COSLA''s commitment to making school facilities more accessible for community use is already well documented. The Audit Scotland report Improving the School Estate indicated that many schools are providing community access to facilities and new build schools are often designed with community use in mind.
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Date answered:
3 November 2008
The new entrants measure is one of a wide range of measures within the Scotland Rural Development Programme and we have flexibility to re-profile expenditure under the programme as it is taken forward.
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Date answered:
27 October 2008
I met the then Parliamentary under Secretary of State for Transport, Tom Harris MP, on 28 May 2008 to discuss the potential for a high-speed rail link between London and Scotland. Scottish ministers recognise the value of faster rail links to our key economic centres and support in principle the concept of a high speed rail link.
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Date answered:
22 October 2008
The Scottish Government is awaiting a proposal from an industry-led working group over possible options for accreditation for microgeneration in Scotland. We expect to have these by the end of the year.
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Date answered:
22 October 2008
It includes stakeholders from the Scottish Union of Supported Employment, Jobcentre Plus, DWP, Skills Development Scotland, Scottish Association of Mental Health and the Scottish Development Centre for Mental Health.
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Date answered:
16 October 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it plans to produce detailed annual reports on crime aggravated by religious prejudice and develop a programme of rehabilitation for offenders convicted under section 74 of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003. We are considering the potential for the development of a rehabilitation programme aimed at addressing th...
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Date answered:
9 October 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will seek to ensure that online vendors of alcohol are able to comply with any legislation it brings forward to restrict the sale of alcohol to young people. The Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 already makes provision in this area and restricts the sale of alcohol to children and young persons.
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Date answered:
2 October 2008