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	Scotsman.com News - Ross Finnie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		ENVIRONMENT Minister Ross Finnie has urged the public to have their say on the future of the water industry amid growing anger over large increases in domestic and business water bills.
		ROSS Finnie was battling for his future as a minister last night after being forced to apologise...
		ROSS Finnie was at the centre of another embarrassing row last night after admitting he misled...
	news.scotsman.com /topics.cfm?tid=537 (403 words)

	Scotland on Sunday - Top Stories - Finnie's fury at 'cowardly' illness jibe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		Ross Finnie, Scotland’s rural development minister, confirmed his illness after MSPs close to the Scottish Executive claimed it was affecting his abilities so severely that he should quit the cabinet.
		Ross works very hard as a minister and MSP and he and his family have a right to privacy.
		Finnie and Deputy First Minister Jim Wallace have come in for sustained unattributable criticism from Labour MSPs for their handling of a series of difficult issues, ranging from private prisons and smacking to GM trials and the recent Glasgow water crisis.
	scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com /index.cfm?id=1133922002 (666 words)

	Scotsman.com Election - Liberal Democrats - Finnie fights for survival after fresh gaffe
		ROSS Finnie was battling for his future as a minister last night after being forced to apologise for giving wrong information to the Scottish Parliament.
		Mr Finnie admitted he was "extraordinarily embarrassed" after wrongly telling MSPs during a crucial debate yesterday on the recent water crisis affecting areas of Glasgow, that sheep were no longer grazing on the banks of Loch Katrine, which provides the city with its drinking water.
		After Mr Finnie yesterday gave his assurance to MSPs that the sheep had been removed, Scottish Water contradicted the minister by admitting that around 3,000 sheep were still there - although they would be sold off by 16 September.
	election.scotsman.com /topics.cfm?tid=783&id=984852002 (416 words)

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		Ross Finnie has a wonderful data set: it is unusual to have a dataset so well suited to the study of emigration, and I have never seen a dataset that also permitted the study of potential return migration.
		Finnie discusses the role of the business cycle in Canada, observing that Canadians appear more likely to leave when the Canadian economy is doing badly.
		Finnie can measure return migration better than I could with my small sample, but it appears nevertheless that return migration is higher in the German case.
	strategis.ic.gc.ca /pics/ra/commentfinnie.doc (753 words)

	Telegraph \| News
		Ross Finnie, the fisheries minister, was last night accused of deceiving the Scottish people by rewriting history to spare his embarrassment over the handling of the fishing crisis.
		Mr Finnie was accused on Wednesday of misleading the parliament when he suggested that Scottish Executive ministers had the authority to lead a UK delegation to the EU Council of Ministers.
		Mr Finnie's remarks were later refuted by Whitehall when a spokesman for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said that only UK ministers had the power to lead such a delegation.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/11/01/nfish01.xml&sSheet=/news/2002/11/01/ixhome.html (511 words)

	Scotsman.com Business - Business and the Scottish Parliament - Finnie calls CBI chief an ‘English prat’
		SCOTTISH agriculture minister Ross Finnie was fighting for his political life last night after describing Britain’s most senior business leader as "an English prat".
		Finnie insulted Digby Jones, the director general of the Confederation of British Industry just minutes after Jones had finished a speech warning that anti-English sentiment in Scotland was damaging the country’s economy.
		Finnie made his comment about Jones after the 800 guests at the fl-tie dinner had finished their meal.
	business.scotsman.com /topics.cfm?tid=549&id=972242002 (977 words)

	Scotsman.com Election - Liberal Democrats - Finnie says sorry for prat slur
		According to the Scotland on Sunday, Mr Finnie was introduced to Mr Jones by Iain MacMillan, CBI Scotland’s director, minutes after he had delivered a controversial speech in Glasgow warning that the Executive faced a backlash from Scottish businesses.
		Unfortunately for Mr Finnie, this is just the latest in a series of mishaps that have seriously damaged the political career of the one minister in the Executive who emerged from the parliament’s first two years with his reputation enhanced.
		Mr Finnie was also widely criticised for the way he reacted to the discovery of the cryptosporidium parasite in Glasgow’s water supply last month.
	election.scotsman.com /topics.cfm?id=973622002&tid=783 (877 words)

	CNN.com - Scottish anger over EU fish deal - Dec. 23, 2002
		Later Finnie said ministers were pressing the commission and other member states for early discussions on a "more reasoned and equitable" long-term plan for European fisheries.
		Finnie suggested a further targeted decommissioning of some of the UK fleet, perhaps as much as 15 percent, would strengthen the UK's negotiating position in those talks.
		Asked if UK ministers had been the victim of a stitch-up, Finnie said only that he had argued for a "more measured solution" that was "perfectly credible" in terms of conservation.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/europe/12/23/europe.fishing (840 words)

	Parliamentary Questions Session 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		Answered by Ross Finnie (27 April 2004): The Executive expects to consult, in partnership with the UK Government and the Welsh Assembly, on draft regulations and guidance in the summer, so will not be able to lay any regulations before the summer recess of 2004.
		Answered by Ross Finnie (23 August 2002): As part of the Scottish Climate Change Programme, the Executive is committed to raising the overall proportion of electricity generated from renewable sources in Scotland to 18% by 2010.
		Answered by Ross Finnie (1 August 2002): The Forward Strategy for Scottish Agriculture, developed by the Executive in partnership with stakeholders from the food and farming industries and the environmental sector, sets out an action plan which is relevant to the organic sector as well as to other forms of environmentally sustainable farming.
	www.sarahboyack.net /parliamentary_questions_session.htm (8644 words)

	Finnie's EU deal will 'wipe out' Scots fish fleet - Evening Times (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		FISHERIES minister Ross Finnie was today accused of agreeing to a deal which could see the end of Scotland's white fish fleet.
		Mr Swinney made the claim ahead of a statement to Parliament in which Mr Finnie was expected to defend the agreement.
		After the deal was struck just before Christmas, Mr Finnie argued it was worth £20million to the industry in Scotland through a big increase in the haddock quota.
	www.eveningtimes.co.uk /print/news/5022547.shtml (283 words)

	Finnie Rules Out White-Fish Fleet Funding (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		Ross Finnie, the fisheries minister, said he recognised the financial difficulties facing the Scottish white-fish fleet, but ruled out any immediate financial assistance.
		Mr Finnie, who is due to go into hospital on Monday to undergo heart-bypass surgery, also defended the fishing deal against criticism from the SNP and the Scottish Tories.
		He told the environment committee that restrictions imposed on the fleet were needed to conserve North Sea cod stocks.
	www.flmnh.ufl.edu /Fish/InNews/ghostnet2004.htm (245 words)

	Finnie Rejects GM Freeze
		Ross Finnie, the environment and rural development minister, insisted yesterday that genetically modified crop trials were safe and would go ahead on a "step-by-step" basis.
		Mr Finnie said everyone wanted Scotland to be at the forefront of science, but he stressed that the Scottish Executive would never promote science on a careless basis.
		Bruce Crawford, the SNP environment spokesman, said that, because Mr Finnie had repeatedly pledged that he would halt GM trials if credible evidence of a danger was presented to him, he should now impose an immediate moratorium on GM trials.
	www.monsanto.co.uk /news/ukshowlib.phtml?uid=6502 (325 words)

	News Story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		Angry shipyard workers confronted the Fisheries Minister Ross Finnie MSP as he visited the work-starved Ferguson Yard in Port Glasgow.
		Ross Finnie arrived as 100 jobs have been cut, 38 leave tomorrow, and eight workers will receive redundancy letters tomorrow.
		Ross Finnie replied: "All I'm going to do is make absolutely sure a process can be demonstrably seen to have been fair."
	scotlandtoday.scottishtv.co.uk /content/defaulttext.asp?page=s1_1_1&newsid=7505 (418 words)

	Fishermen seek £100m pay-out p1 of 2
		Had Ross Finnie been the Archangel Gabriel he would not have got out of this any better than he did
		"Had Ross Finnie been the Archangel Gabriel he would not have got out of this any better than he did," he added.
		Mr Finnie said ministers were pressing for early discussions on a "more reasoned and equitable" long-term plan for European fisheries.
	www.eurocbc.org /page540.html (502 words)

	Coalition’s majority cut to 8 by rebellion
		Mr Finnie said that demonstrated the boundary line was "demonstrably fairer" and would not prevent Scottish fishermen from fishing beyond it.
		It was dreadful and Ross Finnie was defending the indefensible.
		However, Mr Finnie appeared to signal last night that his discussion with Dr Reid was not guaranteed but "depended on the outcome of the meeting [with the fishermen]".
	www.smo.uhi.ac.uk /d3/devolution4699.html (817 words)

	Executive slacks on building science case
		The North East MSP said: "I am astounded that when Scottish fishing industry is fighting for its life only 35 of the Government's own scientists are working on projects relating to white fish stocks and some of them are carrying out work that is only slightly relevant.
		"There are 250 fisheries scientists employed by the fisheries minister Ross Finnie and for only a handful to be spending some of their time on issues relating to the future of our most valuable stocks is crazy especially given the current crisis.
		However Scottish Fisheries Minister Ross Finnie dismissed suggestions that industrial fishing was responsible for stocks decline.
	www.eurocbc.org /page592.html (373 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Scotland \| Finnie target of 'smear campaign'
		Environment Minister Ross Finnie has been the target of a "scandalous and cowardly smear" campaign, according to a Liberal Democrat colleague.
		It was claimed the environment minister was forced to confirm he suffers from diabetes after sniping from MSPs that it was affecting his ability to do his job.
		Mr Finnie, a West of Scotland list MSP, has come under attack for GM trials, the recent Glasgow water crisis and for allegedly calling Confederation of British Industry chief Digby Jones an "English prat".
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/scotland/2324645.stm (292 words)

	Sunday Herald, The: Push for GM crops defies public debate; Executive and Westminister at
		And it has infuriated the Scottish environment minister, Ross Finnie, who is now locked in battle with ministers in Westminster over the issue.
		Last month, the Sunday Herald revealed that Finnie had intervened to urge Westminster to extend the public debate so that it would include the results of the farm-scale trials of GM crops.
		"Finnie needs to keep pushing Defra to delay these approvals, not only until after the elections in May, but throughout the forthcoming public debate on GM this summer and until a decision on GM is made in the Scottish Parliament in 2004," urged Hunt.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qn4156/is_200303/ai_n12581148 (1018 words)

	Sunday Herald (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		Repeated claims by Ross Finnie, the LibDem environment and rural development minister, that he has no power to stop trials of genetically modified crops are bogus, according to government advisers, lawyers and Liberal Democrats.
		Even the experts on whom Finnie has relied -- the Advisory Committee on Releases to the Environment (Acre) -- have themselves pointed out he is not bound by their advice.
		Finnie will face more embarrassment from his own party this week when the LibDem MSP for Ross, Skye and Inverness West, John Farquhar Munro, lodges an anti-GM private members bill in the Scottish parliament.
	www.sundayherald.com /print24180 (761 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Scotland \| Finnie to undergo heart surgery
		Following Mr Finnie's discussions with his doctor in September, it was agreed that a bypass operation was needed to address a problem with two arteries either side of his heart.
		Mr Finnie's surgery has been scheduled for 19 January and he hopes to return to his ministerial duties shortly after the Easter recess.
		Mr Finnie is married with a son and a daughter and lives in Greenock.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/scotland/3382217.stm (347 words)

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		Mr Crawford called on Ross Finnie, the rural development minister, to use his powers to end GM trials in Scotland.
		He has been hiding from these powers up until now." Mr Crawford also said Mr Finnie's stance is at odds with his recent comments during a speech in Oxford when he spoke of the need for an environmentally friendly agriculture industry in Scotland.
		In October, Mr Finnie asked the council to remove the camp, claiming that campaigners were harassing the farmer.
	www.connectotel.com /gmfood/sc080102.txt (443 words)

	John Muir Trust: News 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		Mr Finnie then travelled to the boundary of the Trust's Torrin (5,000 acres) and Strathaird (15,00 acres) estates where he saw the new native woodland schemes of the crofting community of Torrin, and of Strathaird Estate.
		Later Mr Finnie attended a reception at Coruisk House where he meet members of the local management and grazings committees and members of Torrin Community Association as well as Trustees and staff of the John Muir Trust.
		The visit gave Mr Finnie an opportunity to see what is happening on the ground, to officially open new facilities for both local people and visitors and to discuss issues facing local people and the Trust".
	www.jmt.org /news/2003/finnie_p.html (569 words)

	NoPuppyMills Forums - UK: Cruelty bill to ban animal prizes
		The draft Animal Heath and Welfare Bill, announced by Rural Development Minister Ross Finnie, is part of a raft of measures to halt cruelty to animals.
		Mr Finnie wants the law to be more robust and to allow the authorities to act before cruelty intensifies.
		Ross Finnie today announced a crackdown on animal suffering.
	www.nopuppymills.com /forum/showthread.php?t=27415 (1106 words)

	news
		Shadow Fisheries Minister, Richard Lochhead, today accused Rural Development Minister, Ross Finnie, of preparing to raise the white flag before the battle to secure Scotland a good deal from forthcoming crucial European negotiations has even begun.
		Mr Lochhead was speaking after he attended the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation annual dinner on Thursday night where Mr Finnie’s speech was met with shaking of heads and fury from fishing leaders.
		“ Ross Finnie’s speech had to be heard and the industry’s response seen to be believed.
	www.fishkey.com /news2.asp?s=667 (278 words)

	Scotsman.com Business - GM food - Finnie rejects GM committee findings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		ENVIRONMENT minister Ross Finnie has sparked a major row by flatly rejecting the findings of a cross-party committee on genetically-modified crops.
		But Mr Finnie and deputy health minister Mary Mulligan accused the MSPs of ignoring scientific evidence and producing a "fundamentally flawed" report.
		But today Mr Finnie said: "The views of the committee members are clearly at odds with the evidence of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the Executive’s independent scientific advisors.
	business.scotsman.com /topics.cfm?tid=9&id=301502003 (408 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		The minister set out his definition of sustainable development as being: a means of protecting and enhancing the environment, both for its own sake and for society’s; and the delivery of robust measures to deal with climate change.
		Finnie also emphasised that Scotland should be placed at the heart of the European and global movement for sustainable development.
		Finnie, previously Minister for Rural Development, has replaced former Environment Minister, Sam Galbraith, who was forced to step down last week due to ill health (see related story).
	www.edie.net /news/news_story_printable.asp?id=4050 (447 words)

	UKAEA: Press Releases (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		The milestone was reached when Ross Finnie pressed the button on a 2000-tonne supercompactor that crushes drums of waste to a fifth of their size after they have gone through a series of quality control checks.
		Mr Finnie, whose Ministerial portfolio includes the current review of radioactive waste management in Scotland, consigned the 10,000th drum through the new WRACS (pronounced RAX) plant during a fact-finding visit to the site.
		Gratis colour photographs of Mr Finnie crushing the 10,000th drum of waste to be processed in WRACS are available from UKAEA.
	www.ukaea.org.uk /press/2002/21a_08_02.htm (447 words)

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