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Some investment will be made earlier than it would have been—folk are getting the benefit of new information technology, which enables them to get their business done much more briskly.
Charlie McCreevy made it clear that, in this respect, the key priorities must be competitiveness, skills, infrastructure and getting more people into work; however, in Scotland, we need national targets for such activity.
It is important that the strategy is not seen as sitting in just one portfolio. Just as we are trying to get the message across that responsibility for changing antisocial behaviour in any form belongs to a wide range of different agencies working together, it is important to make it clear that everybody has a responsibility to try to ensure that young people who are not in education, employment or training get the support that they need.
In the Catalan Parliament, if it is accepted that a member has a good enough issue for an interpellation, he gets 10 minutes to speak on it, the minister gets 10 minutes to reply, the member gets another five minutes and then the minister gets another five minutes.
We also invited representatives of community councils in the area, to get their views. It was Stephen Imrie's idea to conduct the meeting as informally as possible, so that we could get contributions from the floor.
We also invited representatives of community councils in the area, to get their views. It was Stephen Imrie's idea to conduct the meeting as informally as possible, so that we could get contributions from the floor.