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All manuscript amendments are encompassed in that range. We do not get on to the issue of which manuscript amendments should be allowed to proceed until later in the paper.
Usually, we are given the message that the Executive wants to take more time to get the legislation right. Would it not be better to take more time to get it right?
However, we have to be imaginative about how we consult people. Some consultations manage to get about 14 people in a room, but when communities organise themselves, they manage to get 1,000 people in a hall.
If a member state has provision for same-sex marriage, a couple with such a marriage could come to Scotland and get a divorce. They could have dissolution of a civil partnership.
If the minister who is in charge of youth crime produces evidence to show that demand for secure accommodation is rising, why does not the First Minister get on with it, instead of having more reviews of the matter?
The situation is similar to the classic debate about school grades: when people do better, the question arises whether the standards are getting easier. We have reasonable confidence in the RAE and can say that standards are not getting easier.If anything, it is getting more d...