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As the decline might lead to considerable spare capacity and could cause some schools to close, would it not be better if funds followed pupils to the schools of their parents' choice?
Our sixth and seventh points highlighted a failure to follow proper legislative practice and our sixth point also raised what may be an unusual or unexpected use of a power.
(S2O-853) We intend to introduce requirements for renewable sources of energy in buildings as part of the first amendment to the reformed building regulations. That will follow the introduction of the new Scottish building standards system.
Members are asked to consider and agree an approach to the Executive's consultation and draft regulations to introduce the debt arrangement scheme following the passage of the Debt Arrangement and Attachment (Scotland) Act 2002.
I am happy to take up Shiona Baird's suggestion and will follow it up. It is important to the Executive that community groups are an integral part of the development of the scheme—they should not be dropped by omission.
The Executive is satisfied that the work that is currently being done by Scottish Enterprise supports small business start-ups effectively and that the procedures that are followed are appropriate. It claims that customer satisfaction levels regarding the small business gateway are high, with 86 per cent of customers being either satisfied or very satisfied...
In the meantime, the clerks will monitor the progress of the Executive's consultation. Following the election, the new Public Petitions Committee may decide to ask the successor to the Health and Community Care Committee whether it wants to continue considering those petitions.
Presiding Officer's Ruling Members may recall that, at the end of our previous meeting, Mr Quinan raised a point of order, which Mr Russell followed up, on the referral of the Council of the Law Society of Scotland Bill.
External Research Item 3 is on external committee research. We have a follow-up paper from the clerk on the outline proposals for external research that the committee agreed to at our previous meeting.