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Generally, breeders are responsible and would be less likely simply to pass the dog on in the hope that the new owner would arrange for the microchip to be implanted.
Professor Aldgate makes a number of recommendations, including that there should be a new legal status for kinship care and that local authorities should pay the same financial allowances to kinship carers as to foster carers.
It is too late for any appeal to the Scottish Arts Council and too late to apply for new funding, so it is crucial that something happen quickly.We all find ourselves in situations in which we do not appreciate that something is special until it is no longer there.
As Murdo Fraser said, the role of the business community in whatever the new set-up looks like is as important locally as it is nationally.The status of the people who staff any local facilities is another concern.
One school-bus run in my old secondary school was plagued by difficulties for years until a new head teacher arrived. Within six weeks, the situation was sorted out because of a new procedure that involved significant self-regulation by pupils.
I agree with Stewart Maxwell, who suggested that there should be a new paragraph 7, which could say something like, "All members should follow the above convention," which is clearly stated in paragraph 6.
Budget Process 2005-06 Agenda item 3 is consideration of a paper by our budget adviser on the recently published annual evaluation report. Members will be aware that the new AER is in a revised format and Arthur Midwinter's paper takes us through the contents.The paper is clear and provides a good overview of the issues that have been raised.
However, that policy will apply only to new activities and it is also proposed that existing activities will be regulated on the basis of the status quo until 2012.