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Motion debated, That the Parliament notes that crofters and farmers in Shetland have heavily subscribed to the Environmentally Sensitive Areas scheme; notes that those producers who entered the scheme before July 1998 were subject to a different set of scheme regulations in relation to stock disposal than those who entered after that date; further notes that the Scottish Executive have already stated that they are not minded to recover double payments under agri-environmental measures, and therefore believes that crofters and farmers should not suffer financial disadvantage through no fault of their own. R...
We can call on Europe to assist us in R and D as we see the decline in important structural funds to Scotland in the future as resources are shifted from underdeveloped regions in the old European Union to the newly acceded countries, mainly in the east and south.
We have been criticised for using the term vested interest, but it is a fact that private companies have a vested interest in making profits and satisfying their shareholders.We wrote our report about a month ago and it contains about 30,000 words, so I had almost forgotten what was in it, but I remember that it contains a quotation from George R Wackenhut ...
In essence, Mr Gray made the same point, although he did so in a more colourful way and, being a master of metaphor, introduced more windows and doors into the debate than C R Smith could. His point was that we should not be opening doors or closing windows—or whatever the case may be—in a way that might prejudice the outcome of the Millan committee review....
We are particularly pleased with the levels of private sector leverage that we are achieving for our investment activities and for innovative programmes such as R and D plus. Our proof of concept fund was this month the subject of an independent evaluation, which concluded that, from the first six funding rounds of the programme, the estimated gross value a...
Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee 14 November 2023 [Draft], Tom Arthur, contrib. 157, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=15547&c=2533631Council tax is Scotland's only truly local tax, in the sense that Band D rates are set by councils each year, local authorities collect the money, and they use it to fun...
The Brexit & Environment report, 'Environmental policy in a devolved United Kingdom Challenges and opportunities after Brexit'1Burns, C., Carter, N., Cowell, R., Eckersley, P., Farstad, F., Gravey, V., Jordan, A, Moore, B. and Reid, C, . (2018).
There are three Rs for education—in fact there are only two, although the various problems with literacy might suggest that "writing" starts with an R. There is only one that starts with an R.