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Based on provisional official figures, the major injury rate is 16 per cent higher in Scotland than it is in Great Britain as a whole, not 26 per cent higher as Dr Woolfson's report suggests.Historical trends must also be treated cautiously.
On the other hand, the average company director retires at 60—if not 55—and takes home a pension that is 26 times that of the average local government worker.
The point that I am trying to make is that if we simply look at the expenditure figures, say "The public sector is X and the private sector is Y" and try to use that as a measure of the pressure, the pressure on the public sector will be understated to some extent.
I also thank the clerks who guided us through the process.We began our consideration of the bill on 26 April and completed our deliberations on 24 May with the publication of our preliminary stage report.
I like the idea of inviting constituents to the event.I will leave a question about paragraph 26. If we are trying to open up discussion and have a wider debate about Europe, it could be argued that having something like a discussion under the Chatham House rule—which allows people to speak off the record—would do the opposite.
I like the idea of inviting constituents to the event.I will leave a question about paragraph 26. If we are trying to open up discussion and have a wider debate about Europe, it could be argued that having something like a discussion under the Chatham House rule—which allows people to speak off the record—would do the opposite.
If the problem exists, it may not be as big a deal as I am being told, but we should look into it. Paragraphs 25 and 26 of Maureen Macmillan's report describe ecological balance and the perceived lack of such balance.
We had better not get into politics. I will not get into those 26 changes. However, the current data collection systems in all areas are quite problematic.