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Pat Thom, however, expressed strong reservations about a grant-funding approach:
I am personally not a fan of grant funding.
In its written submission, SafeLives expressed reservations remain about the impact a national jurisdiction for callings from custody would have on victims of domestic abuse and their ability to access support and advocacy.
Respondents to the Committee's call for views expressed concern that the issues affecting participation in community sport for disabled people, such as inadequate facilities and a lack of understanding of support needs would also affect disabled athletes at an elite level.
The Bill defines this as ensuring individuals who have communication difficulties can receive information and express themselves in ways that best meets their individual needs.
Committee reports
Date published:
28 September 2022
The Minister set out a range of actions and policy commitments to address health, and wider, inequalities in Scotland, and expressed her view that the goal of tackling health inequalities should run consistently through all areas of public policy:
I always think of tackling health inequalities as being a golden thread that should run through all our work in...
Improvements in technology: this issue did not dominate the debate, but significant concerns were expressed about the reliability and functionality of the platforms used and the continuing problems with them.
Whilst the NEAFC Convention Area covers waters within and beyond national jurisdiction in the North-East Atlantic, NEAFC may only apply conservation and management measures to waters within national jurisdiction with the express consent of the coastal states concerned.
Submissions from a variety of local community stakeholders have highlighted the multiple impacts on island communities of delays to delivery of vessels 801 and 802, both directly on the routes these vessels are destined to serve but also indirectly in terms of reducing resilience of the Clyde and Hebrides network as a whole. Concerns have also been widely expressed regarding the knock-on impact the increased cost of delivering vessels 801 and 802 might have on future Scottish Government investment elsewhere on the ferries network.
Their report highlighted substantial benefits for the public, particularly from cardiac arrest work, but also indicated on-going difficulties with funding, call mobilisation, training, equipment, inoculation, mental health, pay and other issues for firefighters.
The FBU expressed a concern about the capacity of firefighters to undertake new roles, such as ...