That this House congratulates Grampian Regional Council for the success of their Warm Up for Winter initiative this year; notes the particular success of the benefits advice line, which is estimated to bring more than ??200,000 to pensioners in Grampian in unpaid benefit after only three months in operation; notes that the Labour Party and Tories united in an attempt to sideline this particular aspect of the package; and urges all parties in the forthcoming unitary authority elections in Grampian to endorse the SNP's scheme and support their efforts to extend the package throughout Scotland.

That this House congratulates Grampian Regional Council for the success of their Warm Up for Winter initiative this year; notes the particular success of the benefits advice line, which is estimated to bring more than ??200,000 to pensioners in Grampian in unpaid benefit after only three months in operation; notes...

That this House congratulates Grampian Regional Council for being awarded the Total Quality Management Award; but regrets that the honourable Member for Banff and Buchan is so petty and bereft of original ideas as to claim credit for the work of earlier administrations of Grampian Regional Council.

That this House congratulates Grampian Regional Council for being awarded the Total Quality Management Award; but regrets that the honourable Member for Banff and Buchan is so petty and bereft of original ideas as to claim credit for the work of earlier administrations of Grampian Regional Council.

That this House congratulates the joint SNP/Liberal Democrat administration on Grampian Regional Council for being awarded the Total Quality Management Award by the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives; notes that the award makes it the best run council in the United Kingdom; and further believes that the award is a tribute to all the staff involved in the Council.

That this House congratulates the joint SNP/Liberal Democrat administration on Grampian Regional Council for being awarded the Total Quality Management Award by the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives; notes that the award makes it the best run council in the United Kingdom; and further believes that the award is...

That this House notes the severe financial problems facing local authorities across Scotland as a result of the Secretary of State's grant aided expenditure assessment and aggregate external finance settlement; further notes that Grampian Regional Council is faced with a funding shortfall of ??31 million as a direct result of these Government policies; finds the honourable Member for Aberdeen South's recent criticism of the Council extraordinary, given that it is his own Government's attack on local authority funding which is threatening jobs and services in the Region; further notes that the Labour Party in Aberdeen has sided with the Tories in an attempt to play the town against the rural areas in the debate over asset sales; considers their attitude indefensible considering the properties sold by the Region were all purchased by the old Aberdeenshire authority; asks the Tory and Labour allies in Aberdeen to state whether they would prefer adding ??170 to council tax levels for Grampian or cutting vital frontline services and introducing compulsory redundancies as Labour-controlled authorities are threatening across Scotland; and attacks the Government for not financing the nationally negotiated pay deals which in themselves make up ??15 million of the ??31 million shortfall in the Grampian Region.

That this House notes the severe financial problems facing local authorities across Scotland as a result of the Secretary of State's grant aided expenditure assessment and aggregate external finance settlement; further notes that Grampian Regional Council is faced with a funding shortfall of ??31 million as a direct result of...