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That would mean that offenders spend more time in prison being punished but, de facto, they would also spend more time being rehabilitated before the post-prison mentoring programme that we advocate.
I have also given note to a number of local authorities that the organisation often works with a model in which, for lack of a better expression, middle class children from one local authority are involved in a dodgeball tournament with working class children from another.
The Government has taken a constructive approach and we should recognise that.Members indicated agreement. The committee expressed concerns at stage 1 on section 95, "Enforcement of statutory nuisances: fixed penalty notice", which will insert new section 80ZA(11)(e) into the Environmental Protection Act 1990.
It is important to say that the petitions express a point of view that was expressed when the bill was considered by the Health Committee in the previous session.
It has taken over a year to publish the consultation document, so we are unlikely to see a draft bill until much later in this parliamentary session.To his credit, the cabinet secretary acknowledged in 2010 that support for victims was an issue.
I am fascinated by the views that are being expressed and the suggestion that we have been focusing on procuring rather than commissioning, lacking a focus on outcomes.
The Scottish Government launched the family nurse partnership programme, in January 2010. There is one site, consisting of six nurses and one supervisor in Edinburgh City, which is aiming to support 150 first-time teenage mothers.
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Date answered:
18 November 2009
Gypsy/Traveller Education and Information Project - Gypsy/Traveller Advice and Support Project 2008-11 £105,000 To develop an information and advice service for Gypsies/Travellers to build a peer-led approach to information and advice around housing/site options. Providing direct access to legal advice and build the capaci...