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Ministers will be aware of my concerns about the impact of the majority decision in R v (1) Her Majesty's Advocate and (2) the Advocate General for Scotland, a judgment that was delivered by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council on 28 November.
Recently, 70 jobs have been lost at Weir Pumps foundry, and 21 more at R G Abercrombie and Co. The announcement of another 50 job losses today at United Glass in Alloa, in part, has motivated me to speak tonight.
For the benefit of the official reporters, the correct spelling of threip is T-H-R-E-I-P—I would have thought that that was a word in everyday use up in their office, but apparently it is not.I have also received a letter from Irene McGugan, in which she points out that the chamber office will not accept a motion on the Scots language that is lodged in the ...
A couple of weeks ago, I attended an oil company's presentation on the world's energy needs and learned that trillions of dollars will be spent on R and D in the energy sector in the next 20 years.
In simple terms, we are trying to help along Scottish business-based research and development, therefore there has to be something that allows all the stakeholders to assess whether we are pushing up business-based R and D, because that is what it is about.I return to what I said at the beginning.
The challenge of increasing reliance upon limited recycling markets as solutions for textile waste requires R&D investment as well as wider sector support.
As Scotland probably represents less than 20 per cent of UK GDP, our research base probably represents 1 per cent or less of global R and D. As a result, we should look outside Scotland to find the best pure research and then bring it into the country and apply it.
The final petition is PE246 from Kildalton and Oa community council, Kilarrow and Kilmeny community council, the Kilchoman and Portnahaven council and Councillors J Findlay and R Currie. The petition deals with the designation of south-east Islay skerries as a special area of conservation.I have received a letter from the chairman of Scottish Natural Herita...