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Date answered:
15 January 2009
S3W-19412
Our policy has always been to strive to secure the best possible outcome for Scotland. Our preference throughout the takeover process has been that a continuing standalone Bank of Scotland would have best served the interests of Scotland''s businesses, bank depositors and customers.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
14 January 2009
S3W-18866
To ask the Scottish Executive when it plans to issue new procurement guidance on (a) the options available to local authorities and (b) best practice in consulting service users.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
16 January 2008
S3W-07834
The terms of the concordat betweencentral and local government commit to a reduction in central government monitoringof local government spending lines – this is reflected in the removal of ring-fencedresources for a significant amount of activity.Fundingto support youth justice activities, such as intensive support and monitoring, willtherefore not be ring-fenced from 1 April 2008, it will be included in the overalllocal government settlement.Every local authority area willhave the flexibility to make decisions about what will best...
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Date answered:
13 December 2007
S3W-07499
The Scottish Government believes that locally determined openspace strategies, rather than nationally imposed standards, are the best way ofensuring the provision of open space across Scotland is sensitive to local priorities and circumstances.
Official Report
Meeting date:
10 March 2016
Meeting of the Parliament 10 March 2016
However, I was absolutely sure that, if we were going to have one, it needed to be the best bill that it could possibly be. In that regard, although I know that it is rehashing what I said earlier—I make no apologies for that—it is ludicrous, in the 21st century, to exclude communications other than face-to-face communications.
Official Report
Meeting date:
10 March 2016
Meeting of the Parliament 10 March 2016
I understand that this will be Gavin Brown’s last speech so, on behalf of the Presiding Officers, I thank him for his contribution to the Parliament and wish him all the best for the future. Applause. 17:48 Presiding Officer, I did not realise until now that this would be my last speech.
Official Report
Meeting date:
27 January 2016
Public Audit Committee 27 January 2016
The eligibility criteria are not clear, and the example of a person being registered with a GP—we have a GP with a bad cold sitting here—is not the best one. Also, not everyone has children who go to school or nursery.
Official Report
Meeting date:
7 January 2016
Meeting of the Parliament 07 January 2016
It is right that the Government is taking widespread evidence on the matter, which I will study closely to see which cycle is the best. In recent times, because of the change at the UK level, we have been driven towards five-year terms.
Official Report
Meeting date:
17 December 2015
Meeting of the Parliament 17 December 2015
It is not common to hear a Conservative quoting directly a Labour shadow foreign secretary out of agreement, but I shall do my best to do justice to Hilary Benn’s excellent speech in support of our intervention.
Official Report
Meeting date:
17 November 2015
Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee 17 November 2015
As a result, in the bill as a whole we have used delegated powers where we feel that there is an appropriate balance between primary and secondary legislation and where that will best serve a particular policy outcome.
