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I agree with the dangers that she flagged up. Of course we want greater pre-legislative consultation and we welcome the Commission's white paper on governance as far as it goes with regard to consulting a wider group of people.
I agree with the dangers that she flagged up. Of course we want greater pre-legislative consultation and we welcome the Commission's white paper on governance as far as it goes with regard to consulting a wider group of people.
It is absolutely nuts that a housewife who does not have a lot of money should be buying pre-washed and pre-peeled carrots in a little cellophane bag, which have been flown in from Zimbabwe.
A fundamental point about the estimates in the cost plan is that the figures are based on the construction manager working in liaison with the cost consultant, which does an initial market test and provides a pre-tender estimate on each package.
I welcomed what you said earlier about accrediting training providers, as there are some very poor providers. Do you hope to become the pre-eminent Scottish accreditation body for training providers?
The CSG saw the forum as a "significant means of achieving an accessible Parliament within a participative democracy." All parties, pre-election, endorsed the concept of the forum, as did the coalition agreement of 14 May.