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I am not disputing the point that you make, but we must be clear for the Official Report of the meeting that the Gambling Bill concerns a reserved issue.
They called on the Scottish Executive"to clarify the definition of reasonable chastisement so that both parents and children are sure of their rights within the law."—Official Report, 24 February 2000; Vol 5, c 120.
The Minister for Justice and the officials were arguing one way on the religion question and then arguing in a different direction on the income question.
We have to work in our own groups and organisations to encourage individuals to get involved at whatever level they think appropriate, and to help to create links between the real—if you like—politics at grass-roots level and the official politics in Parliament.In the SCVO, we see that as a responsibility of, as well as an opportunity for, voluntary organis...
If we had PR in a city such as Glasgow, with 40 councillors from one political party and 20 from the official opposition, a scrutiny and executive model would be more viable.
The group is working closely with officials to ensure that our approach is the best that it can be.The work of the Smith group goes far beyond the simple provision of advice.
I apologise if this causes problems for the very hard-working staff of the official report, but if we examine paragraphs 5 to 8 of the executive summary, we can read about ROAs, the CRF, LOAs, CPPs, AEF, RSG and GAE.