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I will conclude by saying that we have not had a full update on the visit to the coroner’s office in Lancashire or what the scanner pilot scheme would look like.
Another thing that was really cool was that I got a reusable water bottle when I visited COP26. I think that everybody who visited Glasgow for the conference got one, so when you submitted your petition, I thought, “Why don’t we give our own children the same thing?
This set out plans to increase annual infrastructure investment so that annual investment is £1.56 billion higher in 2025-26, when compared with a 2019-20 baseline. No comment on progress towards this commitment is provided in the Budget document.
Scale and focus
RSE told us Scotland was “a relatively small actor” when compared with the UK and EU, but what mattered was maintaining a focus and developing a “particular expertise”.iOfficial Report, 25 Nov 2021, Col 12
The Scotland Malawi Partnership’s said that even with the increase in the scale of funding – up to £15 million during this session of Parliament – Scotland’s spend on international development was comparable with that of Jersey.
The Scottish Government, in its Budget document, uses the total 2021-22 baseline figure to compare with the 2022-23 data, whereas the UK Government, in its Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021,1Autumn Budget and Spending Review, UK Government. (2021, October).
This means, as noted by the SFC, that “faster growth in Scottish income tax revenues compared to the BGA is explained in part by income tax policy changes in Scotland to raise additional revenue.”1No title (n.d.)
The main differences relate to some pension schemes that offer lower benefits for some surviving civil partners when compared to some surviving spouses, and adultery as a ground for irretrievable breakdown of a marriage but not a civil partnership.
The employment rate for women ine the UK was 71.8%, the joint-highest since comparable records began in 1971.1Office for National Statistics. (2019, May 14).
However, if we exclude Falkirk, the ratio has stayed the same at 3.4% as shown in Figure 1. Comparing the average of 2011/2012 and 2013/2014, NDR is 1.5% higher in 2013/2014 than in 2011/12, while operating surplus has seen bigger variation and is 5.2% higher in 2013/2014 compared to 2011/2012.