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Only Shetland Islands Council continues to qualify for a grant and will receive just under £761,000, which is payable in 12 equal monthly instalments.The housing support grant originally dates from the Housing (Financial Provisions) Scotland Act 1978, which is 34 years old.
The steelworkers and Community trade unionists in Scotland wrote: “To date, First Minister, Alex Salmond MSP, has failed to give any satisfactory explanation why foreign suppliers were given preference over Scottish firms”.
If the proposal follows that model, I expect that there would be a role for the Scottish Government as well as for Northern Ireland and Wales.On the second question, I will write to the Scottish Government to find out the extent of its involvement to date. We have already written to the Scottish Government about the public procurement legislation.
I am conscious that many members cannot make it to committee away days because of holiday and other plans over recess. Another recommendation that stands out for me relates to Scottish Law Commission bills.
The last report on it was done in 2013, I think, at which time only a fifth of the school estate was being used in holiday time and a third in term time.
The policies would allow us to meet some of the annual targets between now and 2022, but not all of them. Therefore, we have considered additional proposals which, taken together, would allow us to exceed the annual targets in all years.
I am pleased with the co-operation and courtesy that I have received from MSPs and all parties, even complainants, which is much appreciated.In the public sector, we are always looking to improve performance, to see whether we can give the public a better service than we have been able to provide to date. My note identifies a couple of areas that I hope we ...
Are we content to bring the regulations to the attention of the lead committee and the Parliament on the ground that the form and meaning of regulations 9 and 10 could have been clearer as far as reference to the date of modifications to permit conditions is concerned, but that that lack of clarity is not considered to be such that it is likely to affect th...