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What is done to ensure that the two sides agree on the meaning of all the words and expressions that are used and that the policy intentions of the legislation's promoters are summed up adequately in any changes that the linguists seek?
If our proposal is such a bizarre idea—to use the minister's expression—why is it postulated as one of a number of alternatives in the Home Office publication, "Policing: Building Safer Communities Together"?
When he reported on the UK-wide resource requirements for the NHS, he expressed the view, based on his experience in the financial sector, that the NHS was underinvesting in information management and technology systems by a factor of 10.
New section 61A(5) of the 1991 act and section 63(5) of the bill provide for that. Concern has been expressed that the section goes further and might be read as conferring on an arbiter the powers of disposal available to the Land Court under section 68.
It would increase the amount of local organic food that is produced in Scotland and deliver environmental benefits. To use a horrible expression, it is win-win all the way through.
On that inspection—my last—at Cornton Vale, I had a journalist with me from the Sunday Express. Having seen things change over the years at Cornton Vale, generally for the better, I was keen that she saw the best.
One of the concerns that the local government community has expressed is that, year on year, the amount that it receives in additional support for new initiatives means that local government ends up having to cut core services to fund new initiatives.
However, we did not feel that we could simply press ahead with the original proposal on previous convictions in the light of some of the concerns that had been expressed and which we felt, on further consideration, might be justified.
We were slightly disappointed that carers were not the subject of a separate bill, but we express some satisfaction about the fact that the bill will enhance their position.It ought to be possible to address carers' proposed separate right to assessment with the additional resources that will be made available to us over the next few years.