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Initially, we had some significant corporate support from Scottish Power and Bank of Scotland, but both those companies are in a different situation these days.
The situation is absolutely disgraceful.On a day when banks are having a hard time, not because of us, but because of shoddy speculators, Richard Simpson commended HBOS.
The industry is vital for Scotland, so we have to ensure that it is helped forward in difficult times—and in good times, too. The support of the banks is important, and I am making that point to them.
Under section 85, proposed new section 27A of the Court of Session Act 1988 provides: “(1) An application to the supervisory jurisdiction of the Court must be made before the end of— (a) the period of 3 months beginning with the date on which the grounds giving rise to the application first arise, or”— I emphasise “or”— “(b) such longer period as the Co...
Again, this can be on the court's own initiative or on application to it by a prosecutor (s.5A(3) and 5G(2)).
To date, there have been no criminal prosecutions for FGM offences in Scotland.1Scottish Parliament. (2019, May 29).
We heard from witnesses who said that some landowners or developers are sitting on land and waiting for prices to rise—it is called land banking—or are reluctant to build affordable homes, for whatever reason.
It is extremely important to open up the land bank, and we have to do a wee bit more about that.What can local authorities do to overcome the problem whereby they need to release land for affordable housing but they also have to get best value for the people in the local authority and for the local authority itself?