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Scottish ParliamentJustice 1 CommitteeWednesday 25 May 2005 Scottish ParliamentJustice 1 CommitteeWednesday 25 May 2005 The Convener opened the meeting at 08:00Family Law (Scotland) Bill:Stage 1 Family Law (Scotland) Bill:Stage 1 Good morning, Australia.
My colleague Robin Harper spent a long time pushing the Organic Farming Targets (Scotland) Bill through NEBU and has much experience of working with NEBU right from the start.
Take the rateable value and multiply it by the rate poundage, and that is the rates bill. It is rates bills that matter to businesses, not rates poundages, and the bills are going down in Scotland in relative terms compared with in Engl...
We plan to be able to award the first grants by the autumn and have so far identified 20 developments around Scotland where we intend to use the scheme.
It is time that the Executive and the Parliament started fighting for Scotland's interests. The Executive has to stop needing to be cajoled and prodded—it should be fighting for Scotland as of right, so that we can get the best deal out of Europe.
(S1O-5540) The Scottish Executive is continually considering ways to improve the protection of vulnerable children. The Protection of Children (Scotland) Bill was introduced on 6 September.