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Last year, however, only 21 per cent of police officers completed their 30-year service before taking retirement, compared with 40 per cent five years ago.
The Health and Safety Executive works with union health and safety officers in visiting non-unionised sites—essentially it uses the expertise that trade unions have in the sector to its advantage and to the advantage of the general workforce.We would like to consider such schemes.
As I said, that was one of the two principal reasons why we opted for the national envelope. When Rob Gibson and I visited Assynt, I received representations from local producers who argued precisely that point.
As Mr McNulty has commented, there have been side issues, but they pale into insignificance compared with the almost Kafkaesque situation that arose for Ms McKie.
We therefore have to be careful about how the funding arrangements balance, compared to other boards that fund only provision within their own boundaries, other than the national services.