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To ask the Scottish Executive what progress is being made in connecting all Scottish schools to the Internet. Between May 1998 and October 1999 the percentage of Scottish primary schools with Internet access rose from 22% to 49%, and the percentage of Scottish secondary schools with Internet access rose from 73% to 97%.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
17 November 1999
I am pleased to launch, today, a public consultation paper which discusses and seeks views on options how the targets laid out in the Landfill Directive for the reduction in biodegradable municipal waste sent to landfill may be achieved. S1W-02592
As has been said, there are concerns about registration variations. Someone may wish to donate their eyes but nothing else or they may wish to donate only their heart.
Centralising will allow the labs to specialise, so instead of four labs all doing the same thing, one lab may specialise in one thing and another lab may specialise in something else.