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Then Social Workers carry the brunt of blame while the years of underfunding and lack of respect for the job get off Scott-free.The Victoria Climbie Inquiry changed some of that. Lord Laming made it clear that top managers and politicians who underfunded the service could not escape the blame.That may be why there has been such political fall-out from the O...
It is what Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta and all the other countries that will proudly take their seats at the top table on Saturday want so desperately.
They were the people who introduced the ill-thought-out reorganisation of local government that nobody wanted—another attempt to undermine local authorities. On top of that, the Tories introduced compulsory competitive tendering, which I have dealt with.
She tenders the master policy brokerage on a five-year rolling programme with Philip Yelland, who represents the broker, Marsh. Each year, he in turn buys that on the market from me, the RSA, as lead insurer, and from the other insurers.
I point out that it is possible to access the evidence on the Health Committee's website and that, as Mike Rumbles will remember, I wanted to be a member of that committee.
The Scottish Executive's anti-bullying website admits that there is no legal bar to preventing teachers from explicitly condemning homophobic bullying, or discussing pupils' concerns about sexuality—a position that my party endorses entirely.The current Scottish Executive development department guidance to local authorities makes it clear that section 28 wi...
Yet, having consulted students, the Executive will tomorrow propose legislation to introduce variable top-up fees in Scotland. I am sorry to say that, despite such a provision to consult, the Executive has disregarded the views of students.
Witnesses expressed a real fear that, as those increased fees will come on top of financial pressures that the voluntary and independent sectors are already experiencing, the viability of many care homes and many beds in those homes will be threatened.Those who gave evidence expressed my second point even more strongly.
However, in the past year or so, when we have been back to Cornton Vale, the number of remand prisoners has edged back up, on occasion to as high as 70 or 71, which was the top figure. Last week, the number was 61.
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GIC – Gender identity clinic.