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There are major opportunities for us to contribute to economic growth, through greater commercial income and through the development of spin-out companies, which we are working on with the Royal Bank’s Entrepreneurial-Spark programme.
To ask the Scottish Executive what consultations it has carried out since 2007, broken down by (a) end date, (b) publication date of responses, (c) date of Scottish Government response and (d) number of responses.
That is right and many councils will feel a lot of financial pressure, but they are better able to cope with that than many of the small housing associations are.Have you considered what the consequences could be for those housing associations? They are more exposed to bank borrowing than to borrowing from other sources.
Dumfries and Galloway experienced severe flooding as the River Nith burst its banks and the River Girvan in Ayrshire was recorded as being at its highest level for 16 years.
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the World Bank and the Shanghai university tables make it plain that success is greatest in the nations in which Governments are less rather than more involved.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
30 August 2013
The Scottish Ferry Services: Ferries Plan (2013-2022) identifies “lifeline” in its glossary of terms as “A lifeline ferry service is required in order for a community to be viable.”
Credit Crisis and Banking Reform (House of Commons Committees) As agreed at a previous meeting, we keep a watching brief on issues relating to the economy and the banking crisis.