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Scottish Biometrics Commissioner Bill as introduced document.
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As my party’s business manager, I have sent those letters across tonight. I welcome that clarity on my point, which was that we had not previously received such requests.
Committee reports
Date published:
11 December 2020
ABPI stated—
If we do not get to a point where we have a mutual recognition agreement and we end up duplicating testing and all sorts of other processes, we will be adding red tape as we leave the EU, not removing it.
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Professor Soumen Sengupta of South Lanarkshire Council observed that "all children's social workers [...] act as vocal advocates for the young individuals they look after," suggesting, that they "are about looking after the best interests of the young person, and advocating - with a small a - for them all the time," a point also recognised by SOLACE and COSLA.
Alastair Sim suggested that the Bill presents an opportunity to best determine what powers a Government might need in any future pandemic and how those powers could most appropriately be framed.
The prevalent narrative is that 'breast is best' but the Committee heard that many individuals did not not feel the right breastfeeding support was available to them and that the push to promote breastfeeding was stigmatising and could lead to increased guilt and negative mental health.
Committee reports
Date published:
26 February 2021
Again, I am sorry if that is unsatisfactory but, sometimes, it is about our continuing to monitor what might be best, how best to ensure that activity increases in that area and whether appeals would be beneficial.
At the meeting on 30 October David Hilferty pointed to the work of the Government's social security experience panels—
One of the most encouraging things that I have seen from the Scottish Government in recent years was the establishment of experience panels, which was done with the view that the best people to shape...