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Questions and Answers
Date answered:
1 February 2002
The main plank of the SNP proposals is that the banks will lend at more competitive rates, yet the Bank of Scotland has described the proposals as "unworkable".
We were not able to put it on to the agenda for today partly because of the holiday over the weekend, but it is an issue that has to be dealt with fairly urgently, as Fiona will explain.