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We are still trying to catch up.The two main reasons why I kept trying to get into Westminster past my sell-by date were to get a Scottish Parliament and to stop the destruction of local government.
I have lodged an amendment, which will be dealt with at a later date, by which, with members' agreement, a definition of pest species would be inserted in the bill.We all accept, as we did in our stage 1 report, that pest control is necessary.
My experience from the few cases that I have dealt with that required a planning application is that they complied with the terms of the permission. To date, I have had no cause for concern with any of the sites.
I ask the minister to ensure that the Finance Committee is given regular spend-to-date information so that it can properly scrutinise all ministerial departments' responsibilities.
It is a maxim that has precedent in British, Scots, Australian, Canadian, Indian, European and American law, but which has come under scrutiny of late. The principle dates from English common law in the 12th century.
They can answer then.Are the Liberals prepared to put the lives of submariners at risk in 20 years or so by sending them to sea in out-of-date submarines that are not capable of doing the job?
We have made a number of recommendations to various councils over the years about the completeness of their asset registers, their procedures for keeping them up to date—for example, ensuring that disposals are timeously removed from asset registers—and the issue of whether the correct basis of valuation has been used.