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When I get a response, I will circulate it to members and I will be happy for the issue to be on a future agenda if members wish it. Is it agreed that we will deal with the substance of the press release in our discussions on the draft response to the action plan?
Provided that we keep those two things in mind— the needs of the parent, the needs of the child, which are paramount—I am certain that we will get it right well into the future.
It would simplify all the problems that students face if we introduced a basic income stream for all students aged 16 to 26. Future consideration should be given to that.
The two are interlinked; we cannot possibly deal with one without the other, given the finance that is available. All due credit to what has been done with the landfill tax income, but it is not nearly as much as could have been or should be done with the finance that is floating about.
I note that Mr Neil and others in the Scottish National Party have already been campaigning against what they suspect might be about to happen in future for the local enterprise companies.
Indeed, as I have indicated, the report's findings will have implications not only for the local authority in the immediate future, but for the police and the Scottish Executive.
Does he further agree that schools can be the only positive thing in some children's lives and that some children's futures and life chances can be greatly enhanced by effective school leadership and well-motivated teachers?