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Scottish ParliamentEqual Opportunities CommitteeTuesday 26 January 2010 Scottish ParliamentEqual Opportunities CommitteeTuesday 26 January 2010 The Convener opened the meeting at 10:02Decisions on Taking Business in Private Decisions on Taking Business in Private Good morning everyone and welcome to the second meet...
To ask the Scottish Executive when families in receipt of working families tax credit in (a) East Ayrshire and (b) South Ayrshire will receive free school meals.
The boards of the existing CJAs include elected local councillors, and the CJA conveners expressed concern about losing that input under the new arrangements.
What I am saying is that the legislation might inhibit my ability to engage the patient in dialogue that allows them to express their distress—sometimes, perhaps, to the extent that they express a wish for their life to be over.
However, no means exist to ensure compliance, and it is not part of our domestic law. The UK Government expressed its support for the European charter by signing it in 2009.
Our board members were keen for me to express that to the committee. I reiterate the point about professional responsibility not being reflected in the bill.
I will pick up on the point that DCI Conway has just raised. Concerns were expressed about resourcing in Police Scotland’s submission to the Finance and Constitution Committee.
That has come partly from the findings in the climate conversations, in which people expressed concern and said that they want to do something and that they want more information.