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I put pressure on them to do something about it—perhaps even to make a home visit, on which someone with training would recognise the problem—but my request was refused.
It would be valuable to exert more effort to establish what enacting new legislation means for staff hours—whether those of police or support staff—because only then would we know the true cost of any new initiative.
A short-life group worked on the matter, and new guidance has recently been issued.Before I deal with the issue of research, I will touch briefly on other Executive measures.
Will it be possible for the NHS to carry that through? One of the difficulties with the new act is the fact that the assessment has to be done within 14 days.
Repayment of Student Loans (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2007(SSI 2007/159) The Subordinate Legislation Committee considered SSI 2007/159 on 13 March and sought clarification of why new regulation 11(2) of the Repayment of Student Loans (Scotland) Regulations 2000 appears to sub-delegate to Scottish ministers powers to specify and require information.
Repayment of Student Loans (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2007 (SSI 2007/159) I think that we need clarification on why new regulation 11(2) of the Repayment of Student Loans (Scotland) Regulations 2000 (SSI 2000/110)—which is inserted by regulation 6 of the amendment regulations—appears to sub-delegate to Scottish ministers powers to specify and require...
Members will have noticed that we have almost 30 new instruments before us. I accept that there are no substantive points on a lot of them; however, one or two had to be taken away and relaid.
We asked the Executive—as we always do in such cases—whether it has any plans for consolidation. It has explained that the new local government pension scheme is currently being progressed and therefore it does not consider it appropriate to consolidate the principal regulations at this time.
I have received apologies from Elaine Smith.Agenda item 1 is a declaration of interests by new committee members. I welcome Jamie McGrigor and John Swinburne to the committee and ask them whether they have any interests to declare.