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Joyce McMillan and Barry Winetrobe have brought an interesting new perspective to the debate, which I am sure will be useful to the committee when we consider our report.
Those practical measures assist and positively welcome to our country new Scots and those who seek to become new Scots, and we can take some small pride in them.However, none of us can be proud of the way in which the Vucaj family—and before them the Murselaj family—were forcibly evicted from their home in Scotstoun ...
During that time, his wife, who fell and broke her hip when she was visiting the hospital, also had a prolonged hospital stay and, sadly, died very suddenly of an unrelated problem on the day that she was due to be discharged.
However, I suggest that the main findings and conclusions in my report apply equally to the new funding council.The funding council has made most progress in areas where it has been able to take direct action, such as improving the financial health of colleges, developing better performance information and funding estates capital projects.
As the First Minister will be aware, two thirds of local authorities and more than 70 per cent of registered social landlords have told the Executive that they are unlikely to use antisocial behaviour orders for under-16s and, as all of us know well, police forces across Scotland are reluctant to use the new power of dispersal.Is it not typical of a bullyin...
Why was it not felt necessary to appoint any new advisers? We are still talking about a fairly complex financial analysis of local government expenditure.
There is a Latin tag to the effect that everything unknown is considered dangerous. When a funny new mast is put up or a new system installed, people in a community are naturally apprehensive, which is quite understandable.