This search includes all content on the Scottish Parliament website, except for Votes and Motions. All Official Reports (what has been said in Parliament) and Questions and Answers are available from 1999. You can refine your search by adding and removing filters.
It might be because of ignorance—I have not read the briefing sheets properly—but I am still unclear about the transitional arrangements and the flexible approach that we have discussed, nor am I clear about what is referred to in the briefing as an agreement for a "safety net", which will lead to a reduction in population coverage under objective 2 of not ...
The ever-increasing price of fuel, and poor TACs that have been cut continually over the past year, have created the situation of buying quota, leasing quota and, unbelievably, buying days to work."
Often, the person who wins the contract goes out and buys the cheapest boiler they can find, which uses whatever fuel is most convenient to buy rather than the fuel that is most environmentally sensible.
However, if we are to tackle the problem, we need sustained, long-term, additional support. Edinburgh's £17 million budget buys around 350 houses a year through new build and refurbishment.
In the past, we have made mistakes because we have been thinking about what we want to sell rather than what consumers want to buy. What consumers want to buy should be picked up by the people who market Scotland and should determine how we develop the product.
My reference to housing was very much about people who could not even contemplate buying houses. In certain small communities, rented accommodation is going begging.
The gross margin on tobacco sales is very low, at 5 or 6 per cent.Tobacco sales generate sales of other goods; people come into stores to buy tobacco and buy newspapers and other products.
Moving on from the lateral-thinking approach of the blank sheet of paper, what developments have there been in diversionary services and early intervention?