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For example, janitors in schools will still have the right to buy their property if they work in a school that is rebuilt by a public-private partnership.Members have been provided with a copy of the order and the explanatory note.
If councils wanted their direct labour organisations to carry out such work—which can help matters by ensuring that there are more bidders for such contracts—they would need to have economies of scale to buy expensive equipment and recruit engineers, whom it is sometimes difficult to recruit.
(S2O-5175) Over the next three years, we will invest £1.2 billion in affordable homes to rent or buy across Scotland. We have raised our three-year target for the supply of affordable homes from 18,000 to 21,500.
In the corporate world, there is a tendency to try to manage towards certain outcomes—turnover, market share, margin, cash position, balance-sheet strength, the dividend, the share price and so on.
I ask for his assurance that the Executive, in various departments, is doing its best to iron out ambiguities in food labelling, which can get in the way of people exercising their choice to buy local produce. The issue of food labelling is tricky.
I am thinking of the people who, unlike Labour MSPs, cannot afford to buy smart houses in smart catchment areas.When will the First Minister recognise that what we need are reforms to create a school system that is based on choice and diversity?