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Scottish ParliamentLocal Government and Communities CommitteeWednesday 26 November 2008 Scottish ParliamentLocal Government and Communities CommitteeWednesday 26 November 2008 The Convener opened the meeting at 10:00Decision on Taking Business in Private Decision on Taking Business in Private Good morning.
It is sort of clear what the no-detriment principles mean on day 1 of the transfer of a tax power, but it is not at all clear to me what they mean in year 2.
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, for example, transfers 6 per cent of its budget into social work, whereas NHS Borders—where, you would think, the proportion should be higher, because it has an older population—transfers only 1.5 per cent.
I think that it would probably go back to the old justice boards and the funding that was transferred across to IJBs, rather than coming directly from the health portfolio.
We find that there is learning to be gained from specific professional groups and when we achieve something in a specific professional group, we are keen to look at where it is possible to transfer that learning across to other groups.
The Scottish Government is working with the UK Government to allow the transfer of people from visa scheme to visa scheme so that we can move those people into the supersponsorship scheme and then house them appropriately.