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To ask the Scottish Government whether the comments by Fergus Ewing in the press release from Morrison Media dated 26 November 2018 and titled "Port of Cromarty Firth invests £30 million in a new Energy and Cruise Hub for the Highlands" represent the Scottish Government's position.
You need infrastructure and comfort, but you also need a story and an image to promotenew ways of behaviour. Human beings stick to old things—we do not have a culture of stopping one thing and changing to another, so we have to think of good methods for promoting change.
We are in need of more foster carers. The latest Care Inspectorate report says: “There were fewer new households approved ... than in any of the four preceding years”, and that “402 foster care households ... deregistered.”
If Albion Rovers invests time and money in a player from 12 years old and then, for talking’s sake, Hibernian FC or Heart of Midlothian FC comes in when he is 16 and snaps him up for free, how do clubs such as Albion Rovers realistically survive and invest in the next generation of players?
Committee consideration
The Scottish Government addresses this new power at paragraphs 25 and 26 of the supplementary DPM, stating:
Allowing Scottish Ministers to modify the definition of ‘support services’ would allow the flexibility to add additional supports that may be identified at a later date.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
5 December 2022
SDI has a network of global field offices, with over 100 sales professionals promoting Scotland across the world. Since 2012, SDI has opened new offices in Saudi Arabia, Ghana, Canada, Brazil, China and India.
What is burned in my memory is that pale grey tattoo, the significance of those numbers and the rush of emotions. I was 26 years old when I looked after that lady, and I thought about how, when she was 26, she was there—she was a survivor.