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I remind the minister that the main development constraint on plans for social rented housing in many parts of Scotland is the prohibitive and unaffordable cost of land.
We hope that we will have the support of the Scottish National Party and others as we seek to make our action effective.Secondly, I believe that obesity and many other health problems are widespread and are more related to the nature of today's society than to deprivation and disadvantage.
I am happy that the minister has said that doing anything that would put people off accessing NHS facilities would probably be a retrograde step, but will he take on board a practical suggestion? Many doctors in the private sector have administrative staff who ring up their patients in advance to ensure that their appointments are kept.
That is set in the context of South Lanarkshire Council's being one of the worst culprits for selling off green space despite public opposition.In many cases, the reason for sale of such land is public-private partnership schools projects, which have resulted in the equivalent of 180 full-size football parks being sold off throughout Scotland.
Mr Swinney takes his own interpretation of the report that was published this morning. It contained many positive aspects. It is part of my duty as a minister and parliamentarian to pay considerable heed to the thoughts and offerings of Audit Scotland.
The Gaelic community of Scotland owes the Parliament a debt because, this year, you have adopted the Gaelic Language (Scotland) Act 2005 and so all Gaels have to be extremely grateful to you.Not all Parliaments under which we have lived have been as supportive of the Gaelic language. Many would say that the language has never really recovered from the effec...
Financial support is not forthcoming from the quango sportscotland in many instances." It is about time that those on the front bench of the SNP got their act together and decided what their policy is.
Environmental crime is a term that covers many types of offence, from litter offences, for which the average fine was £84, to failures to comply with or contravention of enforcement or prohibition notices, for which the average fine was £8,000.
Christine May rightly wanted to make the generous point that the quality of instruments has improved and that there are not as many that need to be corrected as there used to be.
Her bravery encouraged others to do as she did and leads many still to support the rescue agencies.So, John Robb and the Forfarshire—two different points of view of the story; each one of them valid but part of a greater truth.