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As Des McNulty and other members of the Labour Party know—it is a view that they expressed passionately in government—there is a need to shift the balance of care more into the community.
I urge the SNP Government—and the chamber—to put Scotland first, and I urge the chamber to support the amendment in the name of Murdo Fraser. 15:26 I remind members that I am a parliamentary liaison officer to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Constitution.
There have been some changes—for example, the temporary increase in universal credit is expected to mean a slight drop in poverty rates for the year in which it was in place.
Does James Maybee want to add anything? The sentiments have been well expressed. In the Highland Council area, we have a contract with Apex Scotland, which runs a course on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 because the act is complicated.
The evidence session was scheduled following correspondence from the Confederation of British Industry Scotland in December, which expressed concerns in relation to the adoption of the living wage policy by Scottish local government.
During Session 6, prevention featured in Scottish Budget scrutiny work of at least three Scottish Parliamentary Committees. Committees expressed concerns about the slow pace of reform since the Christie Commission report, asked the Scottish Government to lay out plans for ensuring budget decision-making better reflects the cross-cutting nature of prevention...
Retrieved from https://www.parliament.scot/-/media/files/committees/public-audit-committee/correspondence/2023/scottish-canals-pac-to-scottish-canals-3-oct-2023.pdf expressing its concern that it had been left unclear that the body fully understood and acknowledged the importance of the reporting framework that it was now required to comply with its new sta...
The Committee has written to the Permanent Secretary to express its concerns and suggests consideration is given to reviewing the Scottish Public Finance Manual and HES’s Governance Framework Document to prevent a similar situation re-occurring.