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Does the minister also agree that in taking forward such work we should, as well as supporting young people and letting them express their views to politicians, give them the confidence to implement change at their own hand?
I share the concerns that Sandra White and John Scott have expressed. I know of an incident that occurred in the past few weeks, in which a home asked a general practitioner to administer a sedative to one of its residents, who was incapable.
Student Loans (Information Requests, Maximum Threshold, Maximum Repayment Levels and Hardship Loans) (Scotland) Regulations 2005 (SSI 2005/314) The Subordinate Legislation Committee has expressed concern about the regulations and has drawn some defective drafting to the attention of the Enterprise and Culture Committee and the Parliament.
The second point is to do with the failure to refer to the requirement to consult and whether the Executive intended the preamble to be expressed in that way. I am sure that it did not, but we will ask that question.
I appreciate the reasons for which the Executive has done so in this instance, which is to help the reader or user of the regulations to be absolutely clear about what matters are covered. I note that a doubt has been expressed about such repetition when matters might be subject to criminal penalties, and that it is considered good practice to adhere to the...
As I indicated, we are reserving our position. At this stage, I will not express a view one way or the other on whether we intend to support the legislation.
Several people who were affected by the draft report were in the room, and they were upset that certain views were expressed, to which they were unable to respond, as it was not the committee's final report.