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We would want to act quickly to close down any loopholes that made it possible to restrict the right of responsible access that we intend to introduce.If I were to be replaced by a right-wing extremist at some future date—I hope that such a date lies far in the future—the objective of a right-wing Government of that ...
We intend to provide the Finance Committee with information about any variations from the expected budget on a very regular basis so that both the Parliament and the Executive are informed at the earliest date about any impact on the final outturn costs.If we exclude future inflation and the risk factors that have been identified, the project's outturn cost...
We recommended that the regulations and the code of practice be updated because they are out of date and best practice is far ahead of what the regulations require.
If a strategy cannot be put in place by a certain date, it should be made quite clear how the industry will be supported until that goal can be reached.
We are told that the public sector represents 47 per cent—or, in the previous spending round, perhaps even 50 per cent—of our economy, yet a recent Royal Bank of Scotland report tells us that the top 100 companies represent 56 per cent of GDP.
We must find robust ways of preventing croft houses and croft land from becoming the developer's dream or holiday hideaway.I welcome the appointment of Mark Shucksmith as chair of the committee of inquiry.