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The petitioner would like Scotland to be brought into line with the rest of the United Kingdom, where trading standards officers can undertake test purchasing by sending children into shops to buy alcohol, tobacco and lighter fuel.
She has since come to an arrangement with the council, so that it remains the employer and she buys in the care services. Can you confirm who employs the care worker when a carer uses direct payments to buy in services?
That is why it is important that we intend to discuss those matters in more detail. Is the minister aware that I visited the social work department of Shetland Islands Council in the summer?
I am aware that members have been invited to the site. We are trying to organise a visit, in which there is a reasonable level of interest, which should please the petitioner.
Surprisingly, when 120 businesses took part in a similar exercise, £18,000-worth of stationery was reused instead of disposed of, which meant that new office equipment did not have to be purchased.