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With regard to the next of kin payment, I would advocate that the more inclusive it can be, the better. We have already had two clients die before the processes had concluded or even really commenced.
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Date answered:
28 August 2007
And you expect 20 per cent of those people—that is, 12,000 people—to lose that right under the new assessment, when they transfer to personal independence payments.
You are right that HIE will have a slightly different perspective on the matter for the reason that you outlined, but also because the contracts were not transferred to the HIE areas until six months or a year later.
Across the chamber we all understand that the bill cannot be scrutinised in the way that we would normally demand. It is a huge transfer of power to Scottish ministers and through them to local authorities.
They assess minute by minute who is understanding. We had a delegation of 26 Norwegian visitors on Friday, and I lost many of them, as my school is quite spread out.