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Prostitution To ask the First Minister what action the Scottish Executive plans to take on the findings and recommendations of the expert group on prostitution's stage 1 report. (S2F-1308) Ministers do not plan to make any decisions on the expert group's report until the three-month consultation on the report has been completed and we have had a chance to ...
(S2F-1234) As I said earlier, in our budget announced in September 2004 and in our education policies, we have allocated the resources and agreed the actions required to meet our target of classes of 20 in secondary 1 and 2 for mathematics and English.
We are committed to growing Scotland's economy; it is our number 1 priority. That is why, when we make spending commitments, we are sure that we have the resources to meet them.
I think that the timetable for the lead committee at stage 1 is fine, but our experience shows that it is much more difficult for the secondary committee.
I remind the minister that the previous session's Justice 1 Committee recommended that the distinction between secure units in the remit of social work and secure units in the remit of justice was not helpful and that funding for both classes—if I may call them that—of secure unit should be streamed through the justice budget.
Is the Presiding Officer aware of reports in the press today that refer to the Communities Committee's stage 1 report on the Antisocial Behaviour etc (Scotland) Bill, which will be published tomorrow?
It is prompted by the petitioner's concern that society is becoming more individualistic and selfish, together with his desire to see a return to a more caring, respectful, fair and friendly Scotland. We considered the petition on 1 October and agreed to ask the Executive for its comments.
(S2F-327) The MTV music awards were worth attracting to Scotland just for the worldwide audience of 1 billion and for the contribution that they will make to the local economy.