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The Auditor General for Scotland may carry out an examination of Forward Scotland under section 23 of the Public Finance and Accountability (Scotland) Act 2000.A wide range of information about Forward Scotland's activities is available...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
2 February 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive what roles it sees for Scotland's historic environment in its strategy for tourism and for Historic Scotland in developing Scotland's tourism industry.
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it paid in rent in 2004-05 for properties in (a) total, (b) each region of Scotland, (c) Edinburgh and (d) Glasgow, broken down by department and agency.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
9 February 2006
We still have to decide whether to produce a report on the Transport and Works (Scotland) Bill—I assume that we want to do so—covering our interest in it.
That is particularly the case in Finland where, for a number of historical reasons that date back to before the first world war, even very small changes are required to go through what we would consider to be the primary legislative process rather than their being made by statutory instruments.The overall time that is spent in plenary session and in committee in both Parliaments is significantly higher than is the case in Scotland...
Are you referring to the 1981 guidelines under the Education (Scotland) Act 1980, or is your question about the status of the updated guidance under the legislation?