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There is a balance to be struck between holding people to account and allowing them to get on with the job. We all agree that any further delay would cost more money and be detrimental.
We all know that whenever the higher examination results get better, the exams must be getting easier and that whenever the results get worse, the education minister should resign.
That sends a clear signal to— What does "the same petition" mean? Let us not get into what is ultimately a matter for the Public Petitions Committee to determine when it considers a dispute.
If we compare the agenda for change proposals for a nurse at the end of his or her first year with what she or he gets now, the increase is of almost 9 per cent over and above the annual rate of inflation.
—Official Report, 4 November 2004; c 11594.Progress has not been made. Things have got, and are still getting, worse.Earlier this year, the Scottish Executive said that failing teachers would be assisted to find new careers.