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The resources available, without a penny of new borrowing or any other money from the Scottish Executive, amount to £129.2 million a year or £1.3 billion over 10 years.
Amendment 276 is a technical amendment to ensure that a correct reference in the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 is made.Section 68 of the 1968 act gives local authorities a duty to visit people living in residential establishments in their area"in the interests of their well-being."
That is why, in the second part of my speech, I will concentrate on skills development and training. The latest publication from Future Skills Scotland shows that there were 5,500 vacancies in banking, 58 per cent of which were hard to fill.
In Scottish jails, 188 individuals who reached the end of their custodial sentences were identified as foreign nationals. Of those, 26 were released into the custody of the immigration and nationality directorate for deportation, as has been identified by the directorate.
I caution members that we have some fairly detailed items of business to attend to at the meetings of 18 June and 26 June. We need to be very strict on time scales.It is unfortunate that Murray Tosh is not here today, given that he is the convener of the Procedures Committee.
I accept a great deal of what the minister is saying. However, the new land attachment will be a radical, new and powerful weapon in the hands of creditors.