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A Danish boat might call into Wick or Scrabster and want to buy such a net. Further, although this is often regarded as a trivial issue, the nets could be used to cover strawberries.
Section 80 allows a buyer who had contracted to buy land to register a notice of their interest in any land in the land register or the register of sasines as appropriate.If the land is attached either at the time of the contract or later, the buyer who has registered a notice will be able to ask the court to suspend an application by the attaching creditor...
We should remember that local authorities such as Highland Council have the option to apply for pressured area status if they feel that measures such as the right to buy pose problems. Indeed, we know that it has caused very significant problems in remote Highland communities where there are a number of second homes.
We expect people to produce in return for the money that we invest in them. I do not buy the argument that has been outlined.There is still a sense in the academic community that industrial research money is not real peer-reviewed research money and that it does not count.
I acknowledge the amount of work that the clerks do in contacting and advising petitioners about their petitions, but I worry that members will not be made aware of petitions that are deemed inadmissible unless the petitioners contact them.
Scottish ministers and the ScottishExecutive are in regular contact with the UK Government about a range of issues,including planning for the combined Scottish parliamentary and local governmentelections, which will take place on 3 May.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
12 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive what recent discussions it has had with UK ministers anent the encouragement and expansion of community-based credit unions in Scotland. We are in regular contact withthe UK government to ensure Scotland benefits from UK government activity in respect of the credit union movement.Most recently liaison with UK Departments has f...