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I hope that we will be able to include the Bill in our legislative programme for the second session. Subject to successful completion of Parliamentary stages it is our aim to have the new Commission operational by 1 April 2001.
We cannot even hold the meetings between committee meetings that we need to facilitate the work programme. We will get the social inclusion group together before we make formal decisions about the programme.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
29 September 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) employees and (b) former employees of its Security Branch were (i) entitled to and (ii) have been successfully contacted about backdated travel time allowances to date.
Does the minister agree that the challenges for the service include ensuring that future employees have the opportunity to learn from the experience of other bureaux; that employees have adequate management support in doing the job that they have to do; and that we do not return to the position in which members of st...
I have responded, offering to look at how the committee might assist in framing Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body question times once the review of corporate governance has been conducted.
In Portugal, as part of the education programme for the single currency—although not as part of the European Union's programme—McDonald's offered money to provide materials for schools that told children how much a Big Mac would cost in euros.