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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.
One of the problems in the Cairngorm area and throughout rural Scotland is the availability of housing. People are now buying holiday homes in the Cairngorm area at prices that push local people out of the market, as they do not have the type of job that allows them to compete with people who have hard cash to pay for property.
I am thinking of Edinburgh and Glasgow—and, no doubt, elsewhere—where former banks have been converted into public houses that can accommodate 1,000 people.
That is right and proper; otherwise, it will become fashionable to try to short-cut the normal correspondence system. That is why, to date, Mr Ewing has not received a reply.Before I give specific answers on the evidence that Mr Ewing has requested, I say to him that he is making an assumption.
As a result of being able to settle their claims or seek accelerated proof dates, some sufferers will be able to get, and to benefit from, their own full damages before they die.