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I always thought that budgets were built from level 3 figures and up through level 2 to get to the level 1 figures. Will you clarify how the level 1 figures are arrived at?
At the recent opening of Dundee Survival Group's new premises for the homeless in the city, one of the residents paid moving tribute to the importance of his doctor in helping him to overcome his alcoholism and, as he said, to get his life back.
Petitions Committee members will remember that we agreed to introduce a new system for the consideration of petitions, because we were probably getting more petitions than almost any other committee in the Parliament.A range of petitions has been circulated to members for comment.
Apologies have been received from Bill Butler and Brian Fitzpatrick. An attempt was made to get Jackie Baillie as a substitute, but she also found it impossible to get to the committee this morning.
We have also acted to identify and disseminate good practice and new approaches. Is the minister aware that North Lanarkshire Council has established a task force to tackle anti-social behaviour?
That does not guarantee that people will get access to advocacy services when they need or want them.I believe firmly that, as the committee said at stage 1, the only way to ensure that people who need advocacy services get them when they need them is to confer a right to advocacy services.