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I will not go into that, because I am sure that Mary Scanlon, your Highland area member, will want to question you about that, if there is time.Lothian NHS Board estimated that it had a pot of money after the new money came in, a sort of reserve pot—not reserves with a capital R—on which it had freedom to think up what innovation the money could be spent on...
It seems that Scotland will get money for renewable resources only from the UK figure of £55 million for R and D, so how much does the minister expect to get from that figure?
I had the good luck to teach in a school in Buckhaven called Braehead; it was a small junior secondary with 400 pupils, which was led by the late and great R F MacKenzie. It had four art teachers, four music teachers, a full-time teacher of outdoor education including climbing, and three teachers of outdoor education from other departments, who would take p...
Looking five to 10 years ahead, we should be seeking to compete in the global marketplace on the intellectual value added held in our universities and colleges, our businesses—although we need to get our business R and D rate up—and, above all, our people.On Monday morning I was encouraged when the chairman of Motorola in the UK, while announcing what I reg...
Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee 14 November 2023 [Draft], Tom Arthur, contrib. 157, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?r=15547&c=2533631Council tax is Scotland's only truly local tax, in the sense that Band D rates are set by councils each year, local authorities collect the money, and they use it to fun...
The Brexit & Environment report, 'Environmental policy in a devolved United Kingdom Challenges and opportunities after Brexit'1Burns, C., Carter, N., Cowell, R., Eckersley, P., Farstad, F., Gravey, V., Jordan, A, Moore, B. and Reid, C, . (2018).
One of the weaknesses of the strategy is the fact that such aspects were not considered, and I hope that the continuing work will consider them.I am deeply disappointed with the Conservative attitude. Perhaps we need to add another R: instead of "Respect and Responsibility", we should call the document "Respect, Responsibility and Reality", because I really...
As a broad-brush approach, we tend to consider them as support for industry networking, impartial and independent signposting and information, general advice, some specialist support—either subject or sector-specific support with a particular emphasis on innovation, R and D and information and communication technology—brokering support and access to finance...
Our economic advisers indicate that it is very difficult, if not impossible, to say that a 0.3 per cent increase—for the sake of argument—in business spend in R and D will lead directly to a 0.X per cent increase in economic growth.