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I give the assurance that that will be done.We have produced about 500,000 leaflets that highlight the facility, which are distributed across 5,000 venues in Scotland. However, more needs to be done to target mother and toddler groups, for example.
The Executive's response states:"I am afraid that there is little I can add to my previous letters. Harbours in Scotland have traditionally been owned by the local authority or by a locally-elected trust or privately.
I welcome an innovative idea about how best Scotland can address some of its more difficult health provision issues and can learn about examples of best practice worldwide.
Tenements (Scotland) Act 2004 (Commencement No 1) Order 2004 (SSI 2004/487) The legal advice suggests that we draw the order to the Parliament's attention on the ground that it was made in the form of a statutory instrument when, arguably, the enabling act did not authorise that at the time.
Tenements (Scotland) Act 2004 (Notice of Potential Liability for Costs) Amendment Order 2004 (SSI 2004/490) Members will remember that we were concerned about the order, because there could be a two-week period in which a person could move into a new property and would not be provided with a list of future renovations.
Since we published our action plan, the number of patients delayed in Scotland has reduced by 1,184 and the number of patients delayed for more than six weeks has almost halved.
Presiding Officer, I am grateful for the opportunity to provide you and other members with a brief report on the outcome of my investigation into the circumstances surrounding yesterday's introduction of the Transport (Scotland) Bill.As you said in your remarks yesterday, Presiding Officer, it is normal practice for the Executive to wait until bills have be...
National Dance Hall (PE742) The final petition calls on the Parliament to urge the Executive to ensure that Scotland has a national dance hall located in Edinburgh.At our meeting on 26 May 2004, we agreed to write to the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport to seek confirmation on how ballroom dancing fits into the Scottish Executive's national cultural...
In the third paragraph of the letter, Paul Grice states:"All items outstanding from the 2002-03 bank reconciliations have now been fully resolved and the accounting treatment agreed with Audit Scotland. The extensive reconciliation exercise has positively confirmed that there were no instances of duplicate or irregular transactions in that period and provid...
We are also reviewing the law and enforcement in respect of knife crime.In relation to public service workers, the Emergency Workers (Scotland) Bill will make it a specific offence to assault, obstruct or hinder emergency workers who are responding to emergency circumstances.