Example sentences of "state for scotland [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps they do not conclude this ; if so , why do n't they make their views known to the Secretary of State for Scotland before he approves this scheme ? |
| 2 | I warn the Secretary of State for Scotland that , when it comes to the urgent task of providing resources for the regeneration of the Lanarkshire economy , he will not be able to hide behind the arrogant and imperious people who run British Steel . |
| 3 | Is he further aware that he is out of date about the commercial interest in thin slab production at Ravenscraig , which has been communicated to the Secretary of State for Scotland but not , apparently , to the Department of Trade and Industry ? |
| 4 | Alongside were the inevitable Secretaries of State for Scotland and Wales , but the meeting could not start because , alas , ‘ Hamlet ’ was missing . |
| 5 | Scotland 's affairs are conducted from Westminster by way of a secretary of state for Scotland and a separate Scottish Office , which is split into several departments . |
| 6 | It will be a non-departmental government body , accountable to Parliament through the Secretary of State for Scotland and funded by the Scottish Office . |
| 7 | I am told that there is to be a meeting between the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Transport and General Workers union as soon as it is practicable . |
| 8 | More important , if the trade unions negotiate important concessions with the board , the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Minister himself , will they be incorporated into the legislation before it is enacted , or will the meetings be a complete waste of time ? |
| 9 | In particular , will he reflect on assurances given by the Secretaries of State for Scotland and for Transport that the amalgamations of the King 's Own Scottish Borderers , the Royal Scots , the Gordon Highlanders and the Queen 's Own Highlanders will be further reviewed ? |
| 10 | My right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Scotland and for Defence have spoken in complete unison on this . |
| 11 | Scottish Members of Parliament has been reduced to the nefarious nine , and now that the Secretary of State for Scotland and virtually every one of that nefarious nine trembles on the edge of the abyss of a total political wipeout in Scotland , will the Government finally see the sense of coming to the negotiating table and talking about Scottish government ? |
| 12 | That question has been answered very fully by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland and by other Ministers , and there is nothing that I want to add . |
| 13 | I have heard the Secretary of State for Scotland and some of his ministerial team say that local income tax would not benefit certain groups of people — teachers and hospital porters , for example . |
| 14 | To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on the level of defence-related employment in Scotland . |
| 15 | To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he plans to meet a delegation of members of the campaign for Clydeside against pollution . |
| 16 | To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement about the level of youth unemployment in Scotland . |
| 17 | To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on the future of NHS trusts . |
| 18 | To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the hospitals in respect of which he has received an expression of interest in opting out or establishing a national health service trust . |
| 19 | To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on the operation of Sunday trading laws in Scotland . |
| 20 | To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on the economic situation in the Western Isles . |
| 21 | To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will now meet representatives of the Scottish Constitutional Convention to discuss proposals for constitutional change in Scotland . |
| 22 | To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he intends to meet the Scottish Constitutional Convention to discuss the future government of Scotland . |
| 23 | To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on the future financial provision for the Erskine bridge . |
| 24 | To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on the discussions which the Lord Advocate has had with representatives of the German Government and the Bundeskriminalamt about the alleged use by Libyans or the Libyan People 's Bureau of premises in East Berlin in relation to his inquiry into the Lockerbie bombing . |
| 25 | To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will itemise the assistance offered to north Lanarkshire since June 1991 . |
| 26 | To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will meet representatives of the Scottish Constitutional Convention to discuss home rule for Scotland . |
| 27 | What is the point of the STG board , the Secretary of State for Scotland or the Minister meeting the Transport and General Workers Union ? |
| 28 | If so , it is deplorable because I should prefer the remit to be allocated , as it were , by the Secretary of State for Scotland or by the Minister . |
| 29 | Mrs. Maria Fyfe ( Glasgow , Maryhill ) : When this legislation was presented to the Chamber some weeks ago , I inquired of the Secretary of State for Scotland when he last attempted to board a bus whilst trying to fold a pushchair , with an infant in one arm and a toddler held by the other hand . |
| 30 | To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when he next expects to meet representatives of the Scottish fishing industry to discuss the conservation of fishing stocks . |