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Bun-Sgoil Ghàidhlig Phort Rìgh
At Bun-Sgoil Ghàidhlig Phort Rìgh, the children discussed the following statements and indicated whether they agreed or disagreed with them:
It is important that families have rules
It is important that there are punishments or consequences if rules are broken
Offering rewards for good behaviour is a good way to get children to follow rules
No screen time for a day/week is a good way of getting children to behave
Giving children a slap on the leg will stop them misbehaving again
Children and parents both have rights, but parents’ rights are more important at home
Children then discussed the Bill with Members and gave their views. A note of the visit...
Other events
Members of the Committee also:
Carried out visits to:
the Crown Estate's Applegirth Estate where it met with tenant farmers;
the Galloway Fisheries Trust;
The National Centre for Resilience;
The Crichton Carbon Centre;
the Scottish Water Shieldhall Tunnel Project;
the Registers of Scotland; and
University of Edinburgh's FloWave facility to lea...
I took the opportunity during my recent visit to North America to showcase the year of creative Scotland and warmly invite our friends overseas to visit Scotland during 2012.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
11 November 2019
We would expect organisations to make decisions about their service provision within the relevant legal framework, including use of the single sex exceptions where provided for in the Act and where this is a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim.
The amendments remove section 65(2) and as a whole the section as amended makes a significant shift away from the likelihood that a trustee would incur personal liability for litigation expenses when compared with what we understand is current practice.
As of 30 September 2025, Scotland had around 30 full-time equivalent officers per 10,000 of the population, compared with around 24 officers per 10,000 of the population in England and Wales.
Scotland has been disproportionately hit—I repeat the word “disproportionately”—by Brexit compared with other parts of the UK, which is why we face the challenges that we currently do.