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It is important to stress that the bill is not a pre-emptive strike; neither will the Parliament abandon its efforts to re-examine regulation of the legal profession.
Gaelic-medium education is important at every level, from pre-school to secondary school. We wish there to be a national policy for Gaelic so that Gaelic-medium education is successful.
It is our stated intention to have pre-application consultations and pre-determination hearings on proposals for major developments that are significantly contrary to the development plan.
The other new ground for declining to determine an application is that the applicant has failed to comply with requirements on pre-application consultation, but that problem can be remedied by the applicant going back and making the application properly.It is already our stated intention to have pre-application consultations and pre-determination hearings on proposals for major developments that are significantly contrary to the development plan.
We do not see councils having a formal role in pre-application consultations. Of course, planning authorities already have a role in holding pre-application discussions with developers—indeed, such discussions are common.
The First Minister will be aware that today sees the official opening of the new Royal infirmary of Edinburgh, where the food that is supplied will be frozen, pre-processed, pre-packaged and delivered by truck from Wales.
Will the Executive address the matter of increased work load and increased responsibilities of pre-school education staff as well as trying to ensure a much fairer deal for nursery nurses?
Those questions were singularly significant and can be found at paragraph 43 of the report.Of undoubted assistance in pointing the committee in the right direction was the pre-inquiry research from Stevens and Associates to which I have referred.