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There may be other situations in which a child's views are taken into account—they should certainly be taken into account whether or not they disagree with their parent's views.
Do you think that the environmental impact assessment should take those effects into account? The environmental statement has taken account of the effects outside the length of railway that is included in the bill, including the effects in the areas that you have mentioned.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
13 November 2002
The Scottish Executive has made no assessment of the impact of any specific elements of the operational costs of laying power or telecommunications cables, such as Crown Estate rentals and royalties.
Our national statistics show that agriculture, for example, accounts for no more than 1.3 per cent of Scottish GDP and that fisheries account for less than 1 per cent of GDP.
Given the fact that nurses are accountable to another body, can the minister assure us that nursing staff within the Scottish social services council will be accountable?