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It will be the first time that we have had such cross-council collaboration, so the idea is to learn the lessons of that and push value for money through the procurement of the two schools concerned such that we can involve other councils subsequently in that approach if we can derive benefit from it. A press release in, I think, March identified a possible...
In November 2009, we held an expert workshop on peat to increase our understanding of current carbon stocks in Scottish peatlands and to produce a list of priorities. At the end of March, Richard Lochhead spoke at the launch of a commission of inquiry into peatlands, so we are engaging with the issue.
Bonuses are not normally paid in the same year—they are paid in January to March of the following year. The 2009 bonuses will therefore be subject to the code that I have just outlined.
We have supported the Inverclyde initiative in its aim of educating young people about the consequences of violence. We have rallied and marched with the friends and fellow pupils of tragic schoolboy Darren Pyper to create awareness of the dangers of knives.
Do the spending proposals for the police in 2010-11 provide a firm foundation for sustaining police numbers beyond March 2011? Perhaps Mr Shearer will start.
The Scottish Coastal Forum is working with the Scottish Government to determine the options for potential marine regions. In March, we held a successful workshop at which many people from all around the coast offered many opinions about the marine regions.
We witnessed that in Spain, where ID cards are compulsory but did not stop the Madrid bombings in March 2004.The proposals by the UK Government will not prevent the work of terrorists.
I generally welcome the proposal for no-fault compensation, although I recognise that it would involve some difficulties, which were outlined by a report back in March 2003 that considered that and other issues in the health service.
On land, the Hottentot fig threatens some of our most sensitive coastal areas.As Peter Peacock has said, in some areas of the Highlands such as the Ardnamurchan peninsula, we are all too familiar with the onward march of the non-native rhododendron.
However, in addressing the solution, we need to be more joined up at the horizontal level rather than the vertical level to ensure that everybody is marching in the same step.I will give one more example.