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I was also interested in the power of the New Zealand committee to annul instruments many years afterwards on a petition from an affected member of the public.
Therefore I will invite Jackie Baillie and whoever the equality unit deems the appropriate person to explore these issues initially.The last point that we raised—we were not trying to be topical—concerned the new Parliament building. It has been suggested that there will not be a crèche in the new Parliament.
The massive increase in the number of ministerial positions and the escalating costs for the new Parliament building will put an added drain on the funds available.
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 Commission is pushing quite strongly for at least part of the funding in the new period—not only in Scotland but elsewhere—to be used innovatively, not just to add to the budgets of domestic policy organisations but to try new things.
If the CJAs are not to be another layer, surely the groupings either stay put or evaporate? The idea is for the new CJAs to supersede the existing groupings.
However, the appointment procedures to the new commission mean that the WIC's full appointment as chief executive of the new commission will require the approval of the chairman of the new commission, when they are appointed.