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I trust that that will not render her too uncomfortable.This has been a good piece of work. We may sometimes be frustrated at the limitations of what we can do.
One is increased compulsory modulation. As you may or may not know at the moment, this country and Portugal are the only ones that have voluntary modulation.
The money is the oil that greases the machine, but the policies are very much underlined with equality proofing. Therefore, we may just be talking at cross-purposes.
How did this unfortunate breakdown in communication happen? If I may, convener, I repeat my apology.My impression was that the matter was still under discussion between our two offices.
I would like to make a statement on the response in Scotland to the recent outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in Surrey. I understand that there may have been a delay in some of the other parties receiving copies of the statement.
Legal opinion has been sought and it may be that, under the Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003, a monopoly in such circumstances is illegal.Across Scotland, residents are calling for regulation.
On Airdrie health centre, I say that the reason why I have set a tight and, some may say, challenging timescale for the final decision to be made is that I want to minimise the delay to and uncertainty around other developments.
The 2023-24 report states that the Secretariat’s Head was appointed in May 2023 but that the Secretariat was “still gearing up and was not fully staffed over the course of this reporting period”.5UK Government. (2025).