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The promotion of enterprise and manufacturing to schoolchildren is being developed to address the image of the manufacturing industry. The modern apprenticeship programme has been extended to those over 25 years and the skillseekers programme has been re-engineered to meet better the needs of employers and employees.
The industry does not dispute that; its concern is that it has received no help or assistance in meeting the directive. The only assistance on offer was a four-hour consultation— two hours on the premises, two hours to write it up and then the bad news.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
26 April 2004
To ask the Scottish Executive when non-departmental public bodies will commence annual publication of the number of their employees with learning disabilities and their plans to develop employment opportunities for such employees.
To ask the Scottish Executive how much of the allocation within Scottish Water's investment programme for easing constraints on new housing and assisting with first-time connections to existing housing has been committed and how much has been spent.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
30 October 2003
However,given that there are some encouraging signs in relation to cod recovery, myobjective will be to assist fish processors and others by resisting closurewhile pressing on with the cod recovery programme.