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I know that the minister will address that.Secondly, on undertakings, during the stage 1 debate I recounted my experience of visiting the pilot project in West Lothian.
You are probably right to point out that local authorities are purchasing half-day places, which will mean that lunches will not be involved. However, I have visited loads of private nurseries in my time as an MSP and know that they provide snacks just as local authority nurseries do.
I welcome our witnesses, who are Angela O'Hagan, the convener of the Scottish women's budget group; Dr Ailsa McKay of the Caledonian business school; and Rona Fitzgerald, visiting professor at the Caledonian business school.
I recently had the privilege of visiting the Newarthill Credit Union. It is located in a new building on the main road, built with not one coin of public money but every bit with private and collective endeavour.
If they are serving that niche well, the burden of trying to get funding should be taken off their management. When we visit them, that is what we are told needs to happen.
For two months now, the Parliament has heard repeated assurances from the First Minister about his desire for a protocol with the Home Office to govern the operation of enforcement home visits, which are otherwise known as dawn raids.
Not that I am aware of. Given the lack of precision in the figures in your financial memorandum and COSLA's alternatives, the committee finds it difficult to take a view on whether either set is reasonable.
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.
There are great opportunities, and we picked up a lot of what you have just talked about when we visited Skye, where we heard about the opportunities for Gaelic speakers to take part-time teacher training courses, and so on.