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If the first stage involved taking evidence only from the examiner and the promoter, how would we know whether there was public opposition to the proposal?
The petition calls on the Scottish Parliament to"take the necessary steps to ensure that local authorities, when developing policies of social inclusion of the elderly, ensure provision of an adequate bus service for essential lifeline services in the areas for which they are responsible."If we want to promote social inclusion, it would seem strange not to ...
I agree that we should go to the STUC. Under "Promoting Citizenship", the organisations that are proposed as witnesses are Learning and Teaching Scotland and Community Learning Scotland.
I have followed closely the way in which the agency has developed and I think that, increasingly, it has forged new, better and stronger links with the industry.
It would simplify all the problems that students face if we introduced a basic income stream for all students aged 16 to 26. Future consideration should be given to that.
The committee's—or the Parliament's—legal powers to require witnesses or documents come under sections 23 to 26 of the Scotland Act 1998. The later sections are supplementary.
That is an important message.In that context, the proposed merger of the University of Paisley and Bell College will establish a brand new university with a new regional mission, which obviously will include the south and south-west.