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Our amendment, in Dennis Canavan's name, encapsulates the best common elements of the different expressions of opinion on matters affecting international aid.
The Irish academic John Bradley, in his recent Fraser of Allander lecture, compared Ireland with Scotland and said that Scotland had the best documents, but that Ireland had the best strategies and, therefore, the best outcomes.
To claim otherwise is not in Scotland's best interests.It is, however, in Scotland's best interests to accept and address the scientific evidence on declining stocks.
Local majority opinion is, after all, the best arbiter of what is right in any area, whose people are best placed and motivated to act in the best interests of their community and neighbours.Most people in rural Scotland have a positive attitude towards renewable energy.
I believe that those strategies are best worked out at the local level between the industry and local authorities, as that will produce solutions that are best suited to the local area.
Given the amount of resources that the Executive is putting into those matters, will the minister ask his colleagues to take account of architectural policy to ensure that we get the best value for money and, as a result of the investment, create the best environments?
I was asked by officers in Lothian and Borders police to convene a steering group to investigate how best to build on the successful tolerance, or non-harassment, zone that had operated in Edinburgh for the best part of 20 years.
It was based on the concept of extending value in the public finances and of seeking the best practice within the Government community to obtain the best value for public resources.