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The bill already contains significant new protections for children who are detained, including new duties to provide education and to protect family relationships.
The policy of free personal care explores new territory. Sometimes, the civil service is not very good at exploring new territory, and it takes a while to clarify what people think.
We are expecting people to think in a new way, and I wonder if enough weight has been given to that in determining priorities.My second question relates to the length of the census.
Some communities have access to cars and will use the expensive new motorways that the Executive is promoting, whereas other communities do not have that access and their lives will be blighted by the new motorways.
It is important that people complain first to Scottish Water, but the new framework will give them a backstop of somebody else to take on board their concerns.