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Date answered:
29 March 2018
Older pupils can benefit from access to the wider range of relevant vocational qualifications offered by SQA and pathways such as the new Foundation Apprenticeship in Software Development introduced by Skills Development Scotland.
Under section 13(5), a person commits an offence if they act“with intent to deceive”—so it is not an offence of strict liability; there has to be intention.If we consider the further offences that are set out in schedule 4, subparagraph 26(10) of that schedule—on page 91 of my version of the bill—provides: “It is a defence for a person charged with an offen...
In some respects, I have sympathy for it, given the situation that it faced earlier this year and the public outcry about the latest manifestations of an age-old Scottish problem.
Wider issues relating to agricultural subsidy reform
Members questioned the Scottish Government's progress in developing a new Tier 2 Enhanced payment scheme. The Minister said the Scottish Government was working in collaboration with the farming sector to roll out new payment measures at a pace that was feasible fo...
Introducing new funds and creating new organisations in an already over-competitive third sector and requiring more competition does not necessarily result in a healthy ecology of organisations delivering change on the ground for communities.iiThe Social Justice and Social Security Committee.