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In particularly tragic circumstances, the petitioner buried his three-year-old son in a cemetery just opposite his home and visits the cemetery every day, and he says that hundreds of people visit with dogs and that it is more or less a dog’s toilet.
When a care home in the west Highlands closes, it means that a person is likely to have to take a six-hour round trip to visit their mum in the next-nearest care home.
Rather than trying to replicate a situation in which we land up with exceptional individuals who attract other exceptional people and create something different, maybe we should ask how we can grow such an environment in that place for the benefit of more people.
Older People (Family Visits) To ask the Scottish Government what measures it will put in place to allow older people to be visited by their family during the winter period.
The cruise ship market depends not just on ports but on sentiment. It depends on people wishing to visit Scotland and coming here. We hope that people will continue to wish to visit Scotland.
I thank my Glasgow colleague for giving way on the important point of the income available to asylum seekers, which is hugely constrained compared to that available to other parts of the population.
That was a key ask of the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities.The Scottish Government has been clear on the importance of the record funding of almost £15.7 billion for the local government settlement. Compared with the previous budget settlement, the funding has increased by more than £650 million.
The international development fund will increase by 25 per cent compared with last year. At the same time, the alcohol and drugs budget is being cut by around £1.3 million in real terms, and the health capital budget is being cut by almost £50 million.