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They certainly all agreed that the existing legislation—the 1947 act—needed to be brought up to date. In its policy memorandum, the Executive states that the 1947 legislation is still mostly perfectly adequate, but that it"would do little to progress the modernisation agenda."
I am a recent addition to the work of the Scottish Prison Service, where my influence has been limited to date. It sends out a wonderful message that the Prison Service has embraced someone joining its board from a local authority background.
We heard that from the B&Q survey, and a MORI poll gave the same result.During the summer, I asked all my friends who were going on holiday to find out whether a charge was made for plastic bags or paper bags.
We must find robust ways of preventing croft houses and croft land from becoming the developer's dream or holiday hideaway.I welcome the appointment of Mark Shucksmith as chair of the committee of inquiry.
One of the problems in the Cairngorm area and throughout rural Scotland is the availability of housing. People are now buying holiday homes in the Cairngorm area at prices that push local people out of the market, as they do not have the type of job that allows them to compete with people who have hard cash to pay for property.
We are told that the public sector represents 47 per cent—or, in the previous spending round, perhaps even 50 per cent—of our economy, yet a recent Royal Bank of Scotland report tells us that the top 100 companies represent 56 per cent of GDP.