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Can I get a guarantee from the cabinet secretary today that cancer surgeries will not be reduced? Can we get a date for when they will be restored to full capacity in all health boards?
I think that we all agree that we have reached a point at which we are ready to hear from some of the main witnesses. It is reasonable to say that the date when Parliament comes back in August is when we should set about doing that.
I, too, welcome the £1 billion guarantee facility to support bank lending to small and medium-sized enterprises and the separate £1 billion guarantee to support bank lending to small exporters.
I ask Joe FitzPatrick to move motion S4M-09943, on approval of a Scottish statutory instrument, motion S4M-09944, on parliamentary recess dates, and motion S4M-09945, on the office of the clerk.
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Date answered:
16 November 2009
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with the UK Government over the repealing of the furnished holiday lettings rules proposed in the UK Budget.
New Zealand and other countries are all looking at ways of bringing their assessment systems and curriculums up to date. If there is on-going internal debate in Scotland but no movement—dare I say it?