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As the minister is aware, a key principle of the new act is reciprocity. In other words, where there is an element of compulsion in the medication that a patient receives in their home, they should receive services in return.
That would be a reasonably large cache of money over and above what the council tax raises.The fact that that money would be distributed on a new methodology involving specific named bodies—COSLA and the STUC—is one of the bill's advantages.
The key to delivery for Scotland's homeless people and those who might become homeless is resources, by which I mean money, adequately trained and deployed staff and new homes being built the length and breadth of the country.
It might well be a test of the Parliament's processes and rules, but it is not the role of the Rural Affairs Committee to invent new systems as we go along. I agree with Irene McGugan.
That the Parliament condemns the activities of illegal money lenders who prey on and exploit vulnerable individuals and communities; welcomes the Scottish Executive's determination to work in partnership with the UK Government to tackle illegal lending through enforcement and by developing new approaches, such as the successful illegal money lending task fo...
As well as the move of staff on to agenda for change, which has been a big change process, the new Scottish workforce information standard system has come in, which has meant more change.