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It has a proud tradition that is copied elsewhere in the world. We should not talk the system and the qualifications down simply because we have a new set of courses that involve far too much assessment and with which last summer's certification process could not cope.
John Home Robertson is right to draw attention to the fact that the three-year stability package and the grant figures that are being given for the first time create a climate of some certainty, in which local authorities can plan with their employees how best to structure their wage packages over the coming years.
In considering the bill's general principles, the committee had to consider the bill in the round without focusing unduly on points of detail, which, as Tom McCabe pointed out, are properly a matter for the consideration stage.
For example, he might increase the numbers of sheep or do other things to the grouse moor that would cause the grouse to leave or to die. Therefore, the gamekeeper's job would be in jeopardy.
We could then have a parliamentary debate on our decisions and try to make progress on them. Some of the points in the report require changes to the standing orders, which we should not be afraid to call for.
I have genuine concerns about the issue, because for some months a constituent has been coming relentlessly to my advice surgeries to talk about it. Does not the subject have Europe-wide significance?
That is an important point.The second point is whether there should be a formal process of review—regulatory impact analysis or RIA as it is referred to.