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I, too, congratulate Elaine Murray on securing this very timely debate.The latest figures that I have for the Scottish Borders show that, as a result of Farepak's collapse, at least 378 people have lost a total of just under £100,000.
However, we feel that coercion is an area that requires specialist training in relation to the provision of any new service.4Scottish Parliament . (2024, November 19).
Committee reports
Date published:
21 September 2023
The Scottish Government has proposed to clarify this by inserting a new definition of “surviving partner” at paragraph 1(1) of the schedule, as follows: “surviving partner” has the meaning given in regulation 76 of the 2015 Regulations”; and
in paragraph 3 of the schedule, the eligible decision-maker is a guardian only, but it appears that this should also ...
Committee reports
Date published:
28 September 2022
Ken Macintosh raised the issue of consistency and not setting Jackie Baillie apart from any other proposed convener. I appreciate that I am a new member of the committee, but in future proposed conveners should be asked to come before us to answer briefly questions on some of the points that have been raised.
The four groups suggested are listed at the top of page 3, and members will note that the paper also suggests a new approach that Callum Thomson and I discussed last week.
In future, perhaps the committee should look at ways of getting our heads up in advance, so that we are not cornered into a position such as the present one.I am content with the answer that I received on moneys to local authorities. I was worried that the new regime would increase the financial burden on local authorities, with not much Government backing ...