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First, I have reservations about section 26, on the saving for lawful conduct, as I fear that some people might use that provision as an excuse not to apply the act as they should.
The Commission regularly takes action against countries that are not doing well.On 12 December last year, I looked at a random sample and found that 26 different actions were being taken against countries across the European Union for failure to transpose or enforce directives.
It is already an offence for a person to obstruct such officers while they are enforcing existing legislation.Section 26 of the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1868 provides powers to enter and remain on land to prevent or detect offences against salmon fisheries legislation.
The Executive would then be required to agree to a suspension of standing orders to allow the bill to go on to stage 3 on 26 or 27 March. At the moment, I do not anticipate that there will be subordinate legislation provisions that the Subordinate Legislation Committee will have to consider but, if there are, I would ask the Subordinate Legislation Committe...
That was brought home to me last Friday when I visited a school in Aberdeen. Groups of children had to give a presentation on an issue and one little boy—he was in primary 6—talked about midwifery services.
I congratulate John Purvis on his excellent efforts. That is noted. When we visited Brussels earlier this year, we heard much about joint European support for sustainable investment in city areas and joint European resources for micro to medium enterprises, both of which initiatives are likely to be introduced in the not-too-distant future.
The minister will be aware that 130 new referrals were made during the Kilmarnock visit. Of those, 92 were from areas of East Ayrshire that do not have community wardens, including areas in the constituency of the Minister for Justice.