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I do not know whether that has been the general view around Europe, but it is my estimation of the reaction in Scotland."—Official Report, European Committee, 27 March 2001; c 1002.What has changed between 2001 and today?
Elaine Murray's amendment 214 is important. Perhaps the minister's officials have not taken account of one small point, which is that the duty in section 10(6) is double-barrelled.
Only a few months ago, Justice Department officials wrote to the outgoing chairman praising him for his good work and the progress that had been made by the initiative.
The document says:"The vast majority of elected politicians who responded expressed support"for the proposed bill, and"a majority of local authority responses were in favour".Can you confirm that the responses that you received from local authorities were, in general, from local authority officials such as chief executives and heads of human resources depar...
I thank the many individuals and organisations who took the time to work with ministers and with our officials, as well as with the Health Committee, on identifying the aspects of the bill that could be clarified and improved.
More work requires to be done by officials in each council area. The corporate management teams need to work on that and to take the requirement for information more seriously.