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In Dumfries and Galloway, there were two events to celebrate the centenary—one in Port Rodie in Stranraer and the other in Cornwall Mount in Dumfries. As it happened, on 26 June, I had a meeting arranged with the V division commander, Mike Leslie.
Ideally, in a perfect bill, there would be explication of, say, the quantity of international emissions credits that one might be able to purchase towards budgets and so forth, but we do not see that in the bill.
However, the Educational Institute of Scotland has expressed concern. It stated: “the support function which Education Scotland inherited from LTS has been marginalised in significant ways”.
—Official Report, House of Commons, 21 January 2015; Vol 591, c 216-7. Will you express a view on that? I do not think that it is appropriate for me to express a view on that.
As I am sure the convener meant to say—I am not suggesting that he should have—if you have any further observations, or if you want to outline your proposals as just expressed, it would be helpful to do that in writing.
Some hubs have been more progressive than others, and I think that hubs will continue to evolve in a constructive way. Concern has been expressed that a number of hubs need to be more inclusive of the voluntary sector.
The bill could be a barrier—I would prefer to express it in that way, although there are those who go further than I, who say that the bill is a barrier.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
4 February 2010
Local authorities also have responsibility for the delivery of the BG national marketing, performance management and management of stakeholder liaison functions via operational arrangements with COSLA.