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Scottish Water—retained in the public sector—is delivering for the people of Scotland. It has achieved savings that equate to £211 per average household, as the minister said, as well as improvements in the quality of our drinking water.
(S2F-2708) Although the incident itself had no direct implications for Scotland, the Scottish Executive has been involved in numerous discussions and meetings with UK Government officials as the situation has developed over the past week.
In paragraph 35, the legal brief goes further:"The reference in the relevant subsections to any other legislation is also of particular importance in Scotland given the restrictions in the Scotland Act."
There has been due process, both through the reports from Audit Scotland and, subsequently, in the public inquiry and the recommendations from the Accounts Commission.The member is right to say that we have written in strong terms to the council.
If it is SNP policy to nationalise every GP practice, that would be a huge change in our health service that it would have to explain the length and breadth of Scotland. Since we started late, I use my discretion to call the constituency member.
At the same time, we want to ensure that children who are capable of developing further are helped to reach their full potential. No child in Scotland should be held back and no child should be held down.
It should also be noted that in the same period—from 1979 to 2003—turnout at general elections in Scotland fell by almost 40 per cent. At local government elections there has been a devastating loss of interest in the electoral process.
When we discussed similar measures for our draft report on the regulatory framework in Scotland, we felt that enforcing the split between new and old provisions in consolidated legislation was logical and would help to save parliamentary time.