Let no one say that these do not matter to Scotland, that these achievements can be disparaged or ignored.
But the Sentencing Council said its proposals, which would not apply to Scotland or Northern Ireland, would help magistrates who have to deal with the vast majority of cases brought before the courts.
To say that Scotland would face a more difficult fiscal position in the medium to long-term is not to say that an independent Scotland could not handle that, but to say that a serious debate is required about HOW it would handle it.
He said he had "reliable information" that the tax power would not be given to Scotland "under any circumstances".
The recent decision to make ivacaftor available in England is based on a discounted price that has not been offered to NHS Scotland.
Ms Murray pointed out Scots working outwith Scotland at the time of the independence referendum would not be eligible to vote on Scotland's constitutional future whereas anyone eligible to be on the electoral register in Scotland would be entitled to vote.
Mr McQueen had earlier promised the current closure plans would not lead to problems in Scotland's sheriff courts.
Clackmannanshire Council had strongly opposed the plans on the grounds that it would leave the local authority as the only one in Scotland not to have a Sheriff Court within its administrative area.
Mr Gray said the first minister must be "the last man in Scotland not to realise that his obsession with independence is daft, deluded, deranged and downright dangerous" in light of the current financial crisis in Ireland.
Nationalists say that, regardless of comments now, it would be very much in the interests of rUK (rest of the UK) to maintain a stable currency zone, including Scotland - not least because Scotland could use the pound unilaterally, without reference to London.
Former Labour cabinet minister Lord Reid of Cardowan said the government had been "weak" on the question of timing and it was not in the interests of Scotland to delay the election until next year, but he said he was not "frightened of Alex Salmond".
The diligence and expertise of officials in Marine Scotland, among the statutory consultees and other interests should give confidence to the offshore wind industry and its supply chain that planning matters should not be a barrier to investment in Scotland.
North Sea did not respond to requests by BBC Scotland for information about the closure.
These questions are not about making Scotland out to be "too poor, too stupid".
"It's a love letter to Scotland, not a documentary, " Mr. Purcell says.
Currently older people can qualify for the winter fuel allowance on the third Monday in September, but Mr Weir is proposing that homes in England, Wales and Scotland not connected to the mains gas should have access to their money in the third week of July instead.
Would the public understand a decision to resist more powers from a party whose funding objective is not just independence but to advance the interests of Scotland?
Kenny Macintosh (Eastwood, Labour) asked for reassurance that Scotland is not going to abolish its universities.
Sir Timothy said a graduate tax could not be ruled out in Scotland to plug the gap.
Third-quarter GDP figures for Scotland are not due to be published until January.
However, the Bank of Scotland did not offer to up its bid or make any other peace offering, he added.
According to one UK government source, they have yet to decide whether or not to force an earlier vote on Scotland's future.
It may have been in the past, because the formula was not recalculated to reflect the fact that Scotland's population was falling relative to England's.
Scotland would not continue to hold the same rights and powers in the event of a yes vote in the 2014 referendum, legal experts have suggested.
Ms Clemmons told MSPs she was "very, very concerned" about the ownership of the legislation as the government had "not given civic Scotland a chance to engage" and described the bill as a "PR statement".
Scotland were fortunate not to concede a second goal when Di Natale was incorrectly flagged for offside while turning the ball home after goalkeeper Craig Gordon had done superbly to block a powerful drive from Ambrosini.
That is because both chose to major on the Citigroup report - which suggested that the prospect of an independence referendum was, in itself, destabilising and that an independent Scotland could not afford to fund a big increase in renewable energy.
Mr Volker, who now runs the McCain Institute on behalf of the former presidential candidate John McCain, said Scotland may not have to reapply for membership if, for example, it chose to share its defence with the rest of the UK, in the same way as Mr Salmond wishes to share a currency.
The number of homes coming on to the market in Scotland has risen but has not been matched by the number of buyers, according to new figures.
He said Police Scotland could not be expected to "bear the brunt of these costs alone".
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