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The Subordinate Legislation Committee has contacted the Executive on a number of points. No motion to annul has been lodged, so the recommendation is that the committee does not wish to make any recommendation on the instrument.
The response that we have received from the Executive is quite a full one that addresses the various points that the committee raised. I take on board the questions of cost and practicality that the Executive raises, but I note that it has given us a timetable according to which it intends to issue full consolidations of some of the regulations.
That discussion must be based on your reducing the amount of money that you have to pay. The discussion is based around best value to the public purse—that is an important point to make—so we need to explore what options for West Lothian College provide best value.
He believed—as his organisation believes today—that every child, whatever their background, deserves the best possible start in life and that families are the best place to bring up children.