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To ask the Presiding Officer what type and volume of timber, or components including timber, have been ordered to date for the Holyrood Parliament buildings and what the origin and environmental certification was of all such timber.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
26 January 2001
Will you assure us today that the matter was considered, or will that be clarified at a future date? I understand that it is part of the existing options to ensure that best value is delivered and that there is a competitive market.
Someone might tell me that there was a closing date for an application, that they faxed their stuff through and that the body has refused to see them because the closing date had passed.
The Clyde spawning herring stock collapsed when an algal bloom descended on the spawning grounds at Ballantrae banks in the late 1980s. Before that, our herring were fished by a passive method called ring netting, which was invented in Tarbert.
I wonder whether there is some way by which we can ensure that the content of sites is not unacceptable and that it is up to date. What is in the disclaimer is fine, but the public will not read the disclaimer.
Margaret Curran's strategic group on women comprises a university vice-chancellor, a chief executive of a bank and a secretary of a trade union—hardly typical, even of career women.
However, significantly, when the schools are on holiday, the traffic problems become minimal.Achieving minimal traffic problems would require a 10 per cent reduction in traffic flows.