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I can be a time bomb at times, but only if roused to anger, as some will know.It is interesting that, at 30 per cent, the percentage of people who volunteer is very high among those in the 50 to 59 age group; 26 per cent of the 60 to 74 age group and 15 per cent of the over-75 age group volunteer.
No, but when they take up the employment again, it must be in one of those capacities. On page 26, in schedule 1, under the heading "Contraceptive services", paragraph 3(2)(d) mentions "emergency hormonal contraception".
It was thought that when it is being considered whether sequestration—which would have to be granted by the sheriff anyway—would be more appropriate, the case should be considered by the sheriff in the first instance. Regulation 26(2)(c) lists the specified conditions with which a debtor shall comply.
That will help greatly to move matters forward.The law requires councils to set out appropriate reasons if they wish to expedite the process and reduce the number of weeks for consultation from 70 to 26. Again, I cannot prejudge a decision, but I encourage councils to think hard about taking that course.Once the local plan alterations are in place, NPPG 16 ...
Amendment 20 is grouped with amendments 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 30, 33, 34, 35, 36 and 38. I call Bill Aitken to speak to and move amendment 20 and to speak to all the amendments in the group.
The majority of people chose to set the limit at 18, but many chose to set it at 16 and some chose to set it at 26. Several voluntary organisations also thought that the under-12s are ignored more often, and had an interest in suggesting that the commissioner should address that.
It is already an offence for a person to obstruct such officers while they are enforcing existing legislation.Section 26 of the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act 1868 provides powers to enter and remain on land to prevent or detect offences against salmon fisheries legislation.
As usual, our final budgets will not be determined until we present the annual budget to Parliament next January, when we will be able to assess the latest position.I know that members will have found it slightly difficult to make comparisons, because, as we note in our proposals, two major changes have been made. The first is the transfer of £14 million fr...
There are asset disposals that look like a fire sale, redundancies and last-minute cash and resource transfers. The net effect is that Scottish Enterprise—our only tool—has been damaged by the people who are supposed to be its custodians.Can Scottish Enterprise—our only tool—lift our living standards to the average level elsewhere?