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That will be done alongside consideration of other critical dates, and I cannot see any advantages in requiring ministers to have particular regard to flood risk management dates when setting the charging period.
As the member will know, people appear on the electoral register with their date of birth beside their name. I accept that, but we heard from the Association of Electoral Administrators that 15-year-olds could appear on the register with their date of birth.
You want to cut back substantially on overtime, and you said that you are cutting back on the use of agency and bank staff. I presume that that is an issue throughout Scotland.
Will the patient be offered that choice if the board is unable to meet the request for capacity reasons or because of holidays, a consultant being sick or an important member of the team being off?
We saw people who were in the Clutha Vaults and those nearby entering the building in the first seconds after the incident to form a human chain to help the injured to escape.There have been many acts of kindness and concern: the local pizza restaurant staying open all night to feed the rescue workers; the Holiday Inn Express opening its doors to support ca...
There is none of the evidence in there that we have heard in the past six months—for example, from solicitors who are concerned about people being routinely stopped at airports when they are going on family holidays because they have been identified as supporters.Another group of solicitors has indicated that there is no doubt supporters are routinely subje...
People who are well off can send their children to the UK or Ireland for their holidays and can afford private classes, whereas others are left with what schools can provide.
The best position that we can be in beyond 2019 is for us to have a similar scenario until post-2022. We need the transition period to devise a system that suits Scotland.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
21 August 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has set a date to complete consideration of the practicalities of the more formal use of the term Cabinet Secretary and, if so, what that date is.
In the area that I represent, Central Scotland, we have recently lost companies such as Kwik-Fit, Airdrie Savings Bank and Tannoy. We have also lost many local government jobs, and HM Revenue and Customs jobs are under threat.