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Inscribed on the tombstone were the words:"Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his life for his friends."His name was Private J Fleming of the Black Watch.
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Date answered:
1 October 2003
Architecture and Design Scotlandwill be clearly accountable to ministers and the people of Scotland,producing an annual report to Parliament which will detail how it has spent itsfunding and what activities have been carried out in the last year.
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Date answered:
7 February 2007
For example, the NationalPark Authority was able to report in its 2005-06 annual Report and Accounts theachievement of launching a solar powered boat on Loch Lomond, the first of itskind in Scotland, capable of carrying wheelchairs and passengers.
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Date answered:
22 September 2006
The historical information soughtmay be found in the annual accounts published by Scottish Water and its predecessororganisations, for each of the financial years in question.
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Date answered:
9 December 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how comments received in response to the consultation on the siting of a coastal and marine national park will be taken into account and whether a summary of these comments will be published together with a rationale for the site selection which sets out how these comments have been taken into account.
Based on levels of income deprivation and the numbers of Scottish peoplewithout a bank account or savings, funding will be distributed to the followingten local authorities weighted according to the extent of the problem in their areas.
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Date answered:
15 April 2004
Thisbecame a statutory obligation on commencement of relevant sections of the LocalGovernment in Scotland Act 2003, and is now backed by an audit and enforcementframework in which the Accounts Commission for Scotland takes a key role.
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Date answered:
11 March 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it can take if a local authority does not deliver high quality and efficient local services Local authorities are nowunder a statutory obligation to make arrangements to improve the outcome oftheir performance of their functions under the provisions of the Local Governmentin Scotland Act 2003. From this year the Accounts Commission will be auditingthese arrangements and reporting publicly their assessment of the results.Scottish Ministers havepowers under the Local Government in Scotland Act 2003 to issue directions tolocal authorities to take such action or accept such conditions that theMinisters specify if the Ministers are satisfied that the local authority is notcomplying with its duty to secure Best Value, which is continuous improvementin the exercise of its functions.Such directions may be givenin the following circumstances: In order to protect the public interest from substantial harm On the recommendation of the Accounts CommissionA direction cannot be givenwithout serving a preliminary notice on the authority which offers theopportunity to put its case to Ministers.There are also specificintervention powers relating to failures in specific statutory duties such asthe provision of education services.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
3 September 2003