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The purpose of the SNSAs, in my view—and I think that this has been the Government’s clearly expressed approach—is as a diagnostic tool within the education system.
There are costs associated with a landlord putting a tenant in a property. They do all the credit checks and safety checks; there is a lot of due diligence.
If we go back a couple of generations, people in Scotland were quite familiar with the expression, “Kids should be seen and not heard”—I certainly was, when I was growing up.
It would require the consent of the Scottish Parliament. We have expressed serious concerns with the bill because we understand that, in at least three respects, it predates on the powers of the Parliament.
We move into private session. 11:16 Meeting continued in private until 11:26.Decision on Taking Business in Private Decision on Taking Business in Private Good morning.
The area that was being looked at was enormous and councillors could have been dealing with up to 26 community councils. How would a member attend those?
To an extent, at least, you might expect that to have an impact beyond any legal power that you might actually have to back it up, because such statements are expressions of social acceptability—and they do influence behaviour.