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If any changes were made to the fire pension scheme, current members would retain their existing rights and the new scheme would apply only to staff joining the fire service after the introduction of any new scheme.
The five issues are, first, to confer a new power on the Lord Advocate that will enable him to issue guidance to regulatory enforcers in relation to the new offence of deliberately making a false audit report; secondly, to confer a new power on Scottish ministers to allow them...
As I have said before, one of the tragedies of last year's examinations chaos was the fact that the new national qualifications were perhaps discredited.
That group represents a wealth of undeveloped talent and untapped potential—a waste of human capabilities that is a huge missed opportunity for Scotland.Our priority is to give those young people new confidence, new skills and new opportunities.
The Scottish Parliament has the power to set up new bodies. One of the effects of this Sewel motion will be to ensure that any body that is established by this Parliament falls under the aegis of the new council.