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To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to make a statement on improving the quality of bus services in Scotland. The UK Government published in March a consultation paper setting out proposals for improving local bus services.
Amendments to the original Programme took effect on 31 March 1999. The Programme is administered through agricultural Area Offices and anyone wishing details of the Programme, including the recent amendments to it, should contact their Area Office.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to make a statement on improving the quality of bus services in Scotland. The UK Government published in March a consultation paper setting out proposals for improving local bus services.
We work under a framework document that has just been altered to reflect the bill's proposals. That was published on 4 March. I sent a memorandum to the Finance Committee in response to a letter asking for written evidence saying that we believe that, on the basis of the bill's provisions as we read them, the broad order of estimate of cost would be up to a...
That is where the funding went in that allowed countries on the continent to steal a march on the UK. Those countries continue to produce a lot of environmentally friendly biofuels and we are light-years behind.
The "Consolidated Resource Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2004" state:"The Scottish Executive policy requires that all suppliers' invoices not in dispute are paid within the terms of the relevant contract.
We expect to receive the final version of the outline business case—the terminology is a bit complex—around March. We have had continuing discussions with TIE about a number of issues.
I am sure that the promoter and TIE will say later that there will be an outline business case, and they have clearly commented that that is the general procedure that will flow in March. At that point, the figures will be somewhat more crystallised and people's feet will be more nailed to the ground in relation to delivering on them.