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For the benefit of the official reporters, the correct spelling of threip is T-H-R-E-I-P—I would have thought that that was a word in everyday use up in their office, but apparently it is not.I have also received a letter from Irene McGugan, in which she points out that the chamber office will not accept a motion on the Scots language that is lodged in the ...
The final petition, PE45, is from Mr P Ferguson, asking the Parliament to hold an independent inquiry into hepatitis C and other infections of people with haemophilia.
Therefore, I am looking at the promoter rebuttal by Barry Cross to statements by K Woolnough, P Craik, D Gorman, C Nicol and A Bourne and at the promoter rebuttal by Dick Dapré to statements by D Gorman, S Spence, A Penman and A Bourne.
—Official Report, Written Answers, 12 November 2002; p 2195. The minister is saying that the fact that there are already so many controls on the crofting landlord is a reason to give the absolute right to buy.
Bluntly, the project started late and it was inevitable that it was going to end late. As Fred P Brooks, a professor of engineering in the United States, says, "Take no small slips".
That is a real hardship in continuing retention affecting partnerships. In other words, it is c-r-a-p—crap. I am sorry that Mr Stevenson's final comments spoiled a genuine question.
I am happy to see that the Glasgow economy is modernising and that banks such as Morgan Stanley Dean Witter and J P Morgan and companies such as Monster.com, which is at the cutting edge as it is a big, well-established internet company, are coming to Glasgow.
—Official Report, Written Answers, 18 February 2003; p 3010.I understand that, but the minister cannot stand in this chamber and say that there will be free travel for the elderly and leave it to local operators to decide what is free and what is not free.
That will mean involving all providers in a partnership: local authorities, CalMac, P & 0, Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd, ScotRail, other organisations that provide transport services, such as Royal Mail, and private providers.