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Do you agree that if Sunday working and Christmas and new year holiday working were normalised, that might impinge on the terms and conditions of workers who already have to work at Christmas and new year on a rotation basis?
However, even had we managed to put out the call for evidence on 26 October—that is, on the very first day on which we considered the bill—the work on the bill could not have been completed until the middle of April, by which time Parliament will have been dissolved.
We should just ask the question that is raised in the legal brief.The power given to ministers in schedule 2, part 5, paragraph 26, "Power to amend schedule", is unlimited and its exercise could affect how the bill operates and the protection provided to children under it.
We are attracting international companies to bring new investment into Scotland, such as Barclays, which recently announced 500 new jobs, First Data, which announced 430 new jobs, Shell, which announced 100 new jobs, BSkyB, J P Morgan, ...
Waste Water Services To ask the Scottish Executive how it will ensure that waste water services are not adversely affected by new housing developments. (S2O-6969) Where Scottish Water believes that the waste water infrastructure is inadequate to support a proposed new development, it will advise the local planning a...
New Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh(Food Hygiene) To ask the Scottish Executive what powers it has to intervene if it is dissatisfied with food hygiene standards at the new royal infirmary of Edinburgh.
The name would be known—there would not be a difficulty with marketing a new name or a new product. You would almost not have to do the marketing; the use of the name should open doors.
I want to pick up on one or two of these points.On the question of people not being taken and the length of speeches, there should be a solid allocation of time for back-bench speakers if front benchers stick to the time that they are given. The latest changes we made to speaking times in the hour-long debates were made deliberately to allow extra time for ...