Budget (Scotland) Bill: Stage 3 – Meeting of the Parliament, 08 February 2012

14/03/2012

I hear what Claudia Beamish says about wanting more money for certain things and reducing the cuts. I do not like the word “cuts”, but sometimes that is what they are. If we are not to implement the cuts that she mentions, will she and her colleagues please tell us which budgets they would cut?

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Draft Budget 2012-13 and Spending Review 2011 – Local Government and Regeneration Committee, 02 November 2011

14/03/2012

I have two questions. Preventative spend is an extremely difficult thing to measure, as you have all indicated. As a former salesman, I am concerned that it is possible to dress almost anything up as preventative spend. Could you give us your ideas on some simple criteria fo…

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Draft Budget 2012-13 and Spending Review 2011 – Local Government and Regeneration Committee 26 October 2011

14/03/2012

Good morning. I am sorry that this is perhaps not as specific a question as you would like, convener. I think that we are all in favour of that great concept of prevention rather than cure. However, as a councillor, I can think of all sorts of clever ways of dressing up spending as preventative inve…

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Draft Budget 2012-13 and Spending Review 2011 – Local Government and Regeneration Committee, 05 October 2011

14/03/2012

At a national level, everyone has agreed that preventative spend is a good thing. We need to separate out preventative spend, with regard to the causal links to the benefits, from the general revenue support that we provide on a day-to-day basis. Kevin Stewart mentioned earlier that different counci…

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Budget Adviser – Local Government and Regeneration Committee, 22 June 2011

13/03/2012

It is important that we appoint an adviser because the budget is such a complicated area. I think that you were going to say that, convener—I am sorry that I jumped in there. We need a budget adviser; I just hope that it does not cost too much money and I hope that the cost is part of the budget.

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Economic Recovery Budget

09/02/2012

Finance Secretary John Swinney’s “budget for economic recovery” will benefit Dunfermline and the wider economy, says local MSP Bill Walker. Read more of this post

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Swinney’s Budget is Good News for Carnegie College

09/02/2012

Bill Walker, MSP for Dunfermline, has welcomed Finance Secretary John Swinney’s funding announcements for the Further Education sector as good news for Carnegie College. Read more of this post

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Spring Budget Revision Supports Economic Recovery

02/02/2012

The Scottish Government’s announcement of further investment to support economic recovery has been welcomed by Dunfermline MSP Bill Walker. Read more of this post

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