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Parliament should come first—the Executive is accountable to Parliament. This is not "a wee wheeze", as Alasdair Morrison condescendingly dismissed it.
The proper source of that funding should have been the health department, which is why the money was transferred to the health department. Basically, it is an accounting device. It is an audit procedure.
The consultation on the final draft of the code closed on Friday 12 May, and we hope to lay the new code before the Parliament soon.As for marine litter, members should be aware that litter from ships is a reserved matter.
There might be issues about how businesses can be reassured that they can demonstrate their support for a vote without taking away their right not to say which way they intend to vote.The Scottish proposals stipulate that there must be a voting turnout of at least 25 per cent of those who are entitled to vote, and that they must account for 25 per cent of t...
A mandatory fatal accident inquiry system in which the procurator fiscal took into account the views of families who did not want such an inquiry to be held would be more satisfactory.
However, any indirect costs of closure—such as the loss of benefit to the wider and local community—are not taken into account, and knock-on effects are not always quantifiable in monetary terms.
The vital point is that those people put in place the strategies that are necessary to ensure that the whole organisation takes account of equalities. From that point of view, we have been a big success story in getting other bodies to take account of equalities issues.
One of the projects that SEPA is trying to lead on concerns practical guidance for SEA practitioners on how to take account of human health in SEA decision making.