Chamber
Meeting of the Parliament 03 March 2011
03 Mar 2011 · S3 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Scottish Executive Question Time
School Buildings (Local Authority Funding)
Finance and Sustainable Growth
As the cabinet secretary knows—not least because his colleague, the education secretary, who is a former pupil of the school, will have told him—ambitious plans are being developed to refurbish and extend Marr college in Troon. Those plans have widespread support in the town. Will the cabinet secretary assure me that, when he determines future funding allocations to councils, he will consider favourably those proposals by South Ayrshire Council, which will help to preserve one of Troon’s most iconic buildings and to deliver the best possible educational facilities for local pupils and teachers?
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