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To ask the Scottish Executive how many freight movements have taken place on the Leven to Thornton railway line in each of the last 15 years, broken down by (a) company, (b) type of freight, (c) date and (d) time. We do not hold this information centrally.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
27 February 2009
The Scottish Futures Trust is currently out to consultation with a closing date for responses of 14 March 2008. An announcement on further developments will be made when we are ready to inform the Parliament.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
15 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will list the meetings held between Scottish and UK ministers since May 2007, showing the dates and topics discussed in each case.
He will be aware that, under rule 9.8.5C of the standing orders, the minister is able to lodge a motion without notice that the remaining proceedings of stage 3 be adjourned to a later date. That would allow the cabinet secretary, were she so minded, to remit to the stage 2 committee amendments on statutory provisions for net revenue transfers so that they ...
Professor Sir Tom Devine said that the 2012 act would go down in history “as the most illiberal and counterproductive act passed by our young Parliament to date.” The Scottish Human Rights Commission said that restrictions of freedom of expression made the act contrary to human rights treaties, and in 2014 reported its concerns to the United Nations so th...
I have allowed a lot of supplementaries because the opening questions took a very broad-brush approach to the inquiry and your response to it to date. This is our final evidence session.
That is good news for local government and for the communities and people of Scotland.One very public consequence of the credit crunch has been the difficulties that a number of Icelandic banks have experienced. That has in turn impacted on a number of Scottish local authorities that had deposits in those banks.