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We have a good relationship with independent schools. I appreciate that there are new burdens for the independent sector—for example, the McCrone settlement is an additional burden and the new probationer scheme is a potential additional burden.
I also ask him to ensure that smolt and brood stock producers will qualify for the £9 million that is available under the new Highlands and Islands Enterprise scheme.
Major changes are under way in some of the teacher training institutions. We are funding new posts in the University of Aberdeen, where new professors are developing new ways of training teachers and supporting them in the process of being trained in inclusion and additional s...
We can point to certain indicators, the first of which are the latest census figures. We are starting to see the tail end of a gradual decline moving up.
That has meant that multiple Scottish statutory instruments have previously been required where policies required the use of powers extended by other acts. Clause 26 allows ministers to make orders, schemes or rules under section 2(2) of the 1972 act in addition to orders in council and regulations, so it will be possible to implement an EU obligation by th...