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The record of the devolved Government in Scotland in supporting and delivering services to asylum seekers and refugees in Scotland is one of which I am now, and will always remain, very proud.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
16 January 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has precluded the possibility of setting business rates at rates lower than those in the rest of the United Kingdom. The average rates bill per subjectin Scotland is already significantly lower than the average rates bill per subjectin...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
7 December 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what effect the provisions of the Custodial Sentences and Weapons (Scotland) Bill will have on the transportation and carrying of swords for use in Scottish highland dancing classes and competitions.
The factors which I took into account in reaching my conclusion that the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill was within the legislative competence of the Parliament were those set out in section 29 of the Scotland Act 1998.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
26 February 2003
To ask the Scottish Executive what the total cost will be of the consultation seminars on the draft Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Bill. The total cost of the consultation seminars on the draft Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Bill will be, approximately, £15,500.
To ask the Scottish Executive what the full costs were of publishing, printing and distributing its draft Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Bill. The draft Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Bill cost £15,244 to publish, print, distribute...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
16 November 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive which Ministers will handle the National Parks (Scotland) Bill. The Minister for Transport and the Environment has asked the Deputy Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning, Nicol Stephen, to support her on the parliamentary stages of the National Parks (Scotland) Bill.
Airdrie-Bathgate Railway and Linked Improvements Bill Committee (First Report 2007) The next item of business is consideration of motion S2M-5759, in the name of Phil Gallie, on the Airdrie-Bathgate Railway and Linked Improvements Bill Committee's first report of 2007, which is on the Airdrie-Bathgate Railway and Linked Improvements Bill and European protected species.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
5 October 2001
To ask the Scottish Executive whether local authorities have any powers to compel a landowner to clear landslip debris blocking a public right of way. Local authorities may have a duty themselves under section 46 the Countryside (Scotland) Act 1967 to clear landslip debris blocking a public right of way in certain circumstances.