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To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to use the estimated annual #15 million saving through the trunk road maintenance contracts to negotiate with the Bank of America for an early return of the Skye Bridge to public ownership.
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Date answered:
5 October 2000
I am also announcing today that the preferred bidder for the Northern Isles Passenger Ferry subsidy contract from 2002 is NorthLink Orkney & Shetland Ferries, a joint venture of Caledonian MacBrayne and the Royal Bank of Scotland. S1O-02348
That is a key point. If Parliament is on holiday for 17 weeks a year—the Daily Record's estimate, which I am sure that nobody believes—the number of working Thursdays would be reduced by 17.
It would be helpful if we knew the minimum acceptable level—perhaps the Scottish centre for infection and environmental health could tell us.I lived in London for many years and I have travelled abroad extensively on holiday, and it is always good to come home, because the water is wonderful in my part of Scotland.
The promoter states that the alternative amenity has been approved "in principle". Can you confirm the completion date of the path, and the commencement date?
In Scottish terms, it is a significant growth area. I said that the Royal Bank of Scotland—the fifth largest bank in the world—has its world headquarters there.