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I took great encouragement from Ming Campbell's policy announcement this weekâhe is moving in favour of a referendum and I think that Nicol Stephen might follow shortly. I take this opportunity to welcome warmly Nicol Stephen's conversion this week to the idea of Scotland getting access to our oil and gas resources.
The First Minister has already made it clear that this Government will be the most outward-looking that Scotland has ever had, and we consider tartan week to be a very important promotional tool for raising Scotland's profile in the wider world.We are absolutely determined to put in place a strategy to address the report's criticisms about cohesion, planning and follow-up mechanisms. I know that Mr Brocklebank's colleagues expressed concern that not enough emphasis was being given to the event's business and promotional elements, and we are discussing that matter with Scottish Development International.
Like Ken Macintosh, I have been contacted by several constituents who are teachers who have highlighted to me the increasingly acute problems that they encounter when seeking suitable posts in schools during and following their probationary years. For example, one lady told me of a post for which she applied that attracted 250 applicants.What discussions ha...
I wish the First Minister well in those discussions.I want to focus on a few points, following the short debate in the chamber yesterday, when we heard quite a lot about the limitations of minority government.
Whitehall seems to be well aware that that issue is important.We will certainly know more in the next few days about the full extent of what will come out of the European Council meeting. That will be followed by an intergovernmental conference.
That will underpin the Government's approach to the organisation of Government business among agencies, to ensure that we make a big impact on people's lives. Will the minister follow the lead of Westminster ministers and actively promote credit unions to those who are considering at this time how they should start their saving for Christmas, especially in ...
Will the minister confirm that before the recess there will be a debate on the issue, following which members will have the opportunity to vote on whether the trams and EARL projects go ahead?
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Date answered:
22 March 2011
The available information is given in the following table. Persons Convicted of Offences with a Bail Aggravator, by Police Force Area, 2009-10 Police Force 2009-10 Central 1,243 Dumfries and Galloway 290 Fife 1,208 Grampian 1,722 Lothian...