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Cairngorms National Park To ask the Scottish Executive what criteria it will take into account in any decision to review the boundaries of Cairngorms national park.
The petitioners call on the Scottish Parliament to take the necessary steps to stop convicted murderers or members of their families from profiting from crimes by selling accounts of them for publication. At its meeting on 3 September 2003, the committee agreed to defer consideration of the petition pending the outcome of the Press Complaints Commission's d...
It is quite right that, as local democratic organisations, councils have the right to make local decisions, and I hope that local citizens hold them to account for those local decisions.
We will also discuss lines of questioning for our witnesses for our inquiry into individual learning accounts in private at our meeting on 16 September.
Accountability of Local Authorities (Publication of Information about Finance and Performance) (Scotland) Regulations 2003 (SSI 2003/286) Members will recall that we asked the Executive why the regulations do not mention the duty to consult imposed by the Local Government in Scotland Act 2003.
If Audit Scotland has fulfilled its remit, I suggest that we write either to Audit Scotland or to the Executive to suggest that the matter be seen through to its conclusion. The Accounts Commission for Scotland will consider the report on 10 July.
It is suggested that the petition and the Executive's response be referred to that committee with the recommendation that they be taken into account at stage 2 of the Water Industry (Scotland) Bill.
Will the deputy minister assure me that the need to attract new graduates into teaching by offering substantial grants for their postgraduate diploma year will be taken fully into account in the consultation? Decisions on the postgraduate certificate in education are not part of the review.
We can relay it to the Parliamentary Bureau for its information, as and when it chooses to hold a later meeting. It can take the evidence into account.