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Similarly, the reliance on estimates could be somewhat reduced if past years' outturn figures were revised with the latest data each time the statistics are published.
Catherine Gemmell outlined the results of the latest Great British Beach Clean; noting that recent legislation has resulted in a decrease of banned items being found on beaches, but that there is still a huge amount of marine litter.
All they want to know is whether they are getting out. If they are told that they are getting out, they tend not to pay much attention to what you say after that.
With the Scottish Government and local government, the uncertainty is about the quantum—it is about how much they are going to get—whereas, for most voluntary and community organisations the uncertainty is about whether they are going to get any funding.
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Date answered:
3 October 2023
The latest BICS survey also indicates that Brexit has exacerbated the current labour market shortages as Scottish businesses struggle to hire workers from the EU.
That is why I lodged amendments 25, 26, 39 and 40. I wanted to try to get to the situation in which we have a different season based on geographical location.
The first would be to lay down that no more new civil partnerships could be entered into after a specified date, to reflect that, in future, both same-sex couples and opposite-sex couples will be able to get married.
In fact, part of the reason for putting those restrictions in place is to try to get the virus under control so that we do not have a situation in which we cannot proceed to greater flexibility around care home visiting.
Many constituents who have contacted me who are disabled or who fell under other subheadings of that new category obtained help with getting essential food and medicine and getting connected with other agencies.