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Report from UK Government
Following the end of round 1 the Number 10 media blog issued a press statement:
We have just concluded the first round of negotiations, and we are pleased with the constructive tone from both sides that has characterised these talks.
I assure you that my officials regularly pressed the point that we would have preferred to have the data earlier and that we needed it to deliver the benefit.
This argument was often supported in written evidence by personal accounts of having watched a loved one die.
Some also argued that, in and of itself, having the option of an assisted death has a therapeutic value in helping to alleviate suffering by giving greater choice and control at end of life, pointing to an in...
Although we in Parliament differ on other areas, I hope that on this one we can work together to do what is best for Scotland. On a point of order, Presiding Officer.
Whatever we do, even if we have the best permitting culture, the point about the bill is to address the outcome if a once-in-a-lifetime event occurs, although we hope that it never does.
In 2021-22, 696 young people were recorded as entering Continuing Care – a 26% increase on the previous year. As at 31 July 2022, 8,132 young people were eligible for aftercare – an 11% increase on the previous year.
That will do for now, convener. I know that we are pressed for time. Service users and carers do not always have a say in or choice about what support works best for them.
One part of that would be support for the Arab League’s proposals for reconstruction in Gaza, which are on the table and are supported in the region. The press here talks about alternative ways of reconstruction, but there is a practical programme out there, and we should be talking more about it.
I suspect that that trajectory will change.Moreover, I would point out that the 2022 spending review assumed that, by 2025-26, local government would get something like £10.7 billion.