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Diabetes services in Dundee are a shining light for services in other parts of Scotland and I hope to visit them in the near future. Kate Maclean is right to highlight the inconsistency of treatment across Scotland, which other members have noted.
Phase 1 of the inquiry, which runs from September 2004 to June 2005, involves a series of visits in Scotland to hear from people who are affected by disability, from academics and from service providers.
That said, I am perfectly happy to take suggestions from committee members about anyone else we should take evidence from.I should say that I have been visited by individuals connected with the Scottish tribunal appointments system, not in my capacity as committee convener but in my normal political capacity.
The minister may not be aware of this—Mr Stephen certainly is, as he has visited Midlothian—but currently my constituents in Midlothian have no access to rail travel, despite the fact that 55 per cent of the population travels into Edinburgh to work and there is a very low level of car ownership in the area.
Will the minister reassure my constituents, who often suffer problems of crime and disorder as a consequence of drug misuse, that the safety and security of their communities will remain a key policing priority, regardless of the change in categorisation of cannabis? I visited a constituency in Glasgow yesterday—not Johann Lamont's constituency, but Govan—a...
If you will allow me, Sir David, I wish first to welcome the students from Zlín, in the Czech Republic, who are in the public gallery, and who will be visiting Shetland tomorrow as part of an educational exchange with Anderson High School in Lerwick.Is the minister aware that a public-private partnership is being considered for connecting Orkney, Shetland a...
It is clear that drug dealers do not recognise any national boundaries when they want to visit their evil deeds on communities north and south of the border, in Europe and elsewhere.
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Date answered:
24 January 2007
In upper secondary, fromS3-S6, all pupils undertake Personal and Social Education (PSE) courses and manyof these contain the strands of citizenship identified in the report.Community Safety Partnerships(CSPs) work with schools to deliver safety information to young people through fireservice and police visits. Police officers are regular visitors to schools...
Finally,our Diaspora Strategy aims to encourage the diaspora’s active participation andengagement in promoting Scotland as a great country to visit, live, learn,work, do business and invest, as well as considering returning to Scotlandthemselves.