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MSPs and local government have been successful and up to date in tempering the implementation of and the co-decision process on some parts of the directive, but local government still has concerns, particularly about the shared services agenda and public-private partnerships.
Please excuse my sleep-deprived brain.The commission agreed that there should be a limited follow-up study and that at a later date we would consider whether there should be another three Es study on a related—or unrelated—matter.
We do not have much time left before the recess. I do not know about other members of the committee but my diary is absolutely chock-a-block until the recess.
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Date answered:
22 January 2010
Name of Contract Tender Value Contract Award Date Supplier M8 M77 to Clyde Tunnel Westbound Reconstruction (Greenock) £3,970,399.02 May 2007 Tarmac Construction Ltd M8/A8 Bishopton & M8/C22 Overbridges Strengthening Works £1,579,297.00 May 2007 ...
Recent figures show a real-terms fall in funding for secondary school education. In this time of recession, that is deeply concerning. There has never been a more crucial time to provide adequate funding for secondary school education.
I agree with the RICS that we have not seen a huge amount of evidence of that happening so far, but it will inevitably happen when a date is fixed. I therefore expect to see some increase in transaction activity before April if the bill proceeds as planned, so that should be taken into account in budget forecasts.
Surely no elected parliamentarian should criticise a person who seeks to debate a critical issue in a democratic Parliament that is in the depths of the worst recession since the 1930s.Ross Finnie made an excellent point when he said that we are not discussing alternatives.