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Consultation is now closed on that issue, but the Executive is not planning to move from its stated position on third-party rights of appeal. I read the document and related documents; I know that New Zealand and Ireland allow third-party rights of appeal.
There is no scope for saying that nine tenths of a bill are good but we would query one tenth of it and would like the matter in question to receive proper attention in a Scottish bill.
On whether there should be two bodies, one of the key points is that the human rights framework in Scotland is different, because it is applied in Scotland through the Scotland Act 1998 as well as the Human Rights Act 1998.
The Executive has written to say that wheel clamping on private land has been illegal in Scotland since 1992, despite Donald Gorrie's attempt to change that position when the Transport (Scotland) Bill progressed through Parliament.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
13 October 2004
The dangers of long-term addiction to benzodiazepines are well recognised and information about the prescribing of these medicines is available to GPs from a number of sources.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
22 March 2001