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Matt Forde of NSPCC Scotland suggested that the introduction of specialist members could provide the opportunity for a trial of a safe-baby approach, suggesting that in getting it right in the early years, the Promise would be kept for older children.
The marginal analysis bit [...] then leads us into thinking about how we might move those resources around to get more benefit in total1Health, Social Care and Sport Committee. (2024, September 10).
During the oral evidence session on the question of the automatic voter registration, the Minister said it was an area of interest adding:
“If we need an amendment at stage 2 to make the intention clear in the pilot section of the bill, I would consider lodging one. I am getting to the stage at which I think that that might be something that we should consi...
ACVO explained—
it is all very well having the money to buy equipment, but if you cannot pay someone to use it or get staff to run a place, you fail before you have started.
She added that “We felt if an adult came to the state and wanted to change their gender, it was not for us to make sure that they had to dance a particular dance before they would get the legal entitlement that we were putting in the legislation” and “We were adamant that it was going to be as easy as it needed to be".7Scottish Parliament. (2022, June 22).
Christina Melam from NALW advised:
We cannot have a cycle of bringing people in but not having plans or standards, with workers getting burned out and nobody looking at their career progression, education needs and so on.
In addition to the unpredictable nature of MCC appeals, a further issue was the timescales involved in dealing with them and the Minister explained that the Scottish Government's focus had been on "getting support to businesses as quickly as possible."1Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee. (2022, March 15).