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Even with the assistance of the office in Brussels, it is an impossible task to cover every aspect of change that is being made to the fabric of our law on a daily basis".—Official Report, Justice 1 Committee, 11 January 2006; c 2606.
You have mentioned the importance of one-to-one discussions and negotiations, which COSLA also mentioned, and you have raised the point that individual council officials will react in different ways.
The Scottish Executive, aided and abetted by the officials who serve us, would conduct a comprehensive assessment to ensure that we did not take any action that would have further detrimental effects on the people who depended on the services in that area.
We are discussing important issues and I am pleased that our discussions will be in the Official Report, as I do not share everyone else's total optimism that things will be all right on the night.
The key question is what contribution free school meals can make to ending child poverty. The official figures show that about 30 per cent of Scotland's children live on or near the poverty line.