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Part 2 does not extend our powers: it underpins our current activity. The new programme of performance inspection that ministers have tasked the new agency with undertaking replicates the powers in the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 to ensure that our current activity is adequately underpinned.
The house has to be thoroughly cleaned; people get haircuts and, if they can afford it, new clothes are bought. Ideally, debts are repaid so that the new year is started with a clean slate.
In those circumstances, I will use the powers that I have under standing orders and section 26 of the Scotland Act 1998 to require witnesses to give evidence under oath.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
14 March 2005
Scottish ParliamentFinance CommitteeTuesday 26 February 2002(Morning) Scottish ParliamentFinance CommitteeTuesday 26 February 2002(Morning) The Convener opened the meeting at 10:04 I open the fourth Finance Committee meeting of 2002.
Chancellor Gordon Brown promised on 26 March 1999 that there would be a £500 million strategy to reduce the number of children in poverty in Scotland by 60,000.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
27 August 2002