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I ask for that because, in addition to the issues to which Mary Mulligan refers, the court ruling over the summer and the case that was settled before it went to court suggest that there is an immediate problem. The legally enforceable limit dates back to 1999 and even the guidance that was produced by the Labour-Liberal Executive does not have the force th...
Local Government Elections To ask the First Minister whether the Scottish Government has any plans to alter the date of the local government elections in Scotland.
Paragraph 13 refers to a Scottish Government news release dated 10 February 2008 and headed "Spending Watchdog to review drugs cash", which states that "a new national drugs strategy will be published later this year."
The 40-day period for the instrument expires on 6 February, which is the date of our next meeting. Therefore, today's discussion need not necessarily be the final cut.
Earlier, the leader of the Opposition said that the previous Scottish Executive had made a commitment to future investment in Edinburgh's schools, but the letter dated 27 February makes it clear that no such commitment was given.
On the Edinburgh airport rail link, the report states:"The EARL project is unlikely to be delivered by the target date of the end of 2011 … There is no clear governance framework … There is no procurement strategy in place"and there is a high degree of uncertainty.
I would like to know what meetings there have been with which people, or the date on which the Council of Ministers will be looking at an issue and so on.
An international student must demonstrate that they have had over £9,000 in their bank account for 28 consecutive days within a 30-day period of making their visa application, which is a large undertaking for such students.
However, when the next generation come along—who will be educated locally and will bid for jobs in hospitals, banks and industry—it will be a different ball game.
Far better that our attention is focused on blaming immigrants for the lack of job opportunities and deteriorating living standards than on our unbalanced economy or corruption in the banking sector—or indeed the political establishment.