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The home birth rate in the general population is less than 1 per cent. That makes it difficult to ensure that there are enough people who are prepared to deliver the service.
Environmental Assessment (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1 Good morning. I welcome members, members of the public who are with us this morning and representatives of the press.
Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1 Under item 2, we continue our evidence taking on the Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation (Scotland) Bill.
The labelling regime will come into being on 1 April. The member should be aware that Chardon LL maize has consent in the Netherlands, and so could enter the European catalogue from there.
They have direct effect through section 30(1) of the Sea Fisheries Act 1981.Secondly, the Scotland Act 1998 makes specific provision that requires the Scottish Executive to act compatibly with Community law.
I remember that, when I first came into education administration with the university grants committee in the mid-1980s, people said that if the staff-student ratio went beyond 10:1, the sky would fall in. Now, that ratio in universities is typically well in excess of 20:1.
Prostitution Tolerance Zones (Scotland) Bill Okay, comrades. We will proceed with our stage 1 consideration of the Prostitution Tolerance Zones (Scotland) Bill, for which we are the lead committee.