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The run-up to the 26th conference of the parties—COP 26—has helped that focus. The recent countdown to 26 event, which was run across all the innovation centres and Scottish Enterprise, brought a huge amount of focus to that.
That is the only reason why John Swinney can fund his benefits spending, and it is going to get worse.A new report from the Scottish Fiscal Commission says that 1 million Scots will be in receipt of benefits by the end of the decade.
While the Government has been fighting for the failed national care service plan, families have been fighting for basic reforms to support their loved ones, such as Anne’s law—the right to visit family members in care homes—and the right to respite.
What best practice from the public sector—in terms of industrial relations, fair work, patient negotiation and consultation—can be brought to the new franchise? Mark Ruskell makes a very fair and reasonable point, and that is where we aspire to get to.
However, on Tuesday 9 November, 2,233 new cases of Covid-19 were reported in Scotland and yesterday that number rose to 3,852 new cases, which is very alarming.
I rise to seek your guidance. We are all aware of the latest tragic situation that is under investigation at the Queen Elizabeth university hospital in Glasgow, where contaminated water has been identified as the likely cause of infection that led to the deaths of cancer patients.
Air quality monitoring is carried out daily. The latest monitoring results show that air quality levels remain well within safe limits, and independent analysis confirms no exceedances of health-based thresholds.
Births and Deaths Figures To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the latest births and deaths figures published by National Records of Scotland.
I have informed the Finance and Public Administration Committee of the latest position. Many officers who have proven to be unlawfully discriminated against were successful in that remedy under the terms that were set by the contingent decision process.