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It states that it “is supportive of any guidance which aims to help school staff to provide transgender young people with the best possible educational experiences.”
We just need a little bit of safeguarding to ensure that the practice is able to say that it might not be the best practice for a person, rather than making the blanket statement, “You have to take this patient.”
I have tasked it with making more meaningful offers in relation to what that might mean for communities. I have often made the point that a lot of rural communities that are the sites of onshore wind developments suffer from a great deal of fuel poverty.
Yesterday, I was at an Aberdeen and Grampian Chamber of Commerce round-table meeting on energy with people from the region. They made exactly the same points. They need clarity and an expedited timeline as soon as possible.
Just two weeks ago, the media noted the death of Scottish comedian George Logan, who was best known for being one half of the drag act of Hinge and Bracket, which performed at the royal variety show and regularly on the BBC in the 1970s and 1980s.
It is really important to highlight and remember that biosecurity measures are critical and offer the best protection against the spread of the disease.
Jamie Greene raises very important points, of which I am well aware. We have committed to increasing the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service resource budget by £10 million this coming year, and we have protected the capital budget as much as we could.
Primary schools will benefit from £520 million of pupil equity funding, which will empower teachers, who know their pupils best, to focus on improving attainment.
I wrote to the minister in the summer and pointed out to him that those carers who were working in the private sector were getting 25p a mile for their petrol.
I was delighted to meet him and Dr Baker, both of whom are thoughtful and considered individuals, to discuss those points about local vaccination. There is flexibility in the system.