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I have every respect for Mr Canavan as a politician, but sometimes I worry about his mathematics when he reads one of his pre-prepared speeches. Anybody with any common sense can see that it takes time to train maths and English teachers.
The bill sets out opportunities for us to examine how we will deal with planning and pre-planning. I very much welcome the documents that have been circulated concerning "Scotland's Avian Influenza and Newcastle Disease Contingency Plan".
As we mentioned in the chamber earlier in the year, that was the case when Scots defended Malawi when there was the possibility of it losing the independence that it wanted.Pre-budget Report Pre-budget Report To ask the First Minister how the measures in the Chancellor of the Exchequer's pre-budget statement will af...
In that context, and in the context of my previous reply, it would be inappropriate for me to pre-empt the consultation and to say that the proposals should or should not go to public inquiry.
I will therefore continue to seek members' consent to defer such points unless I am of the view that a matter needs to be disposed of as it arises.I may pre-empt any comment by Ms Leckie by saying that I strive continually to deal with matters fairly and consistently and that I shall continue so to do.
When I was in Dundee a couple of weekends ago, I was told by a pre-eminent Cambridge academic that, if somebody wants to study biotechnology, they go not to Cambridge, but to Dundee.
Amendments S2M-1050.3 and S2M-1050.2 are pre-empted.The next question is, that S2M-1050, in the name of Fergus Ewing, on the abolition of the council tax, as amended, be agreed to.