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To ask the Scottish Executive what recent discussions it has had with the tourist industry about the use of euro notes and coins. The Executive is in regular contact with VisitScotland and the area tourist boards on this issue.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
5 August 2010
Please refer to the information note on implementation of the Early Years Framework, which has been placed in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 51402) Getting it Right for Every Child (GIRFEC) is the national approach to helping children and young people in Scotland.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
27 March 2009
These include our Early Years Strategy, Getting it right for every child, the Children''s Hearings Bill, and action in relation to adoption and fostering, and corporate parenting.
Roles and responsibilities: existing or new bodies
There are no existing or new bodies that have a formal role with respect to the operation of this framework.
Sex trafficking is characterised by extreme forms of abuse, violence and cruelty, and the women are bonded, because their families could get hurt if they report the crime to the authorities.
My understanding is that it is almost impossible for people to get their cases into court. There is no mechanism through which people can get legal aid for this kind of case.
I would like to comment—briefly, under the circumstances—on the process of getting to where we are today.I reflect that anybody who has picked up a book on Scots criminal law knows that it is particularly unsatisfactory in the area that we are discussing this afternoon.