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Lloyds TSB Foundation, with its vital voluntary sector input, is the newest victim of the banking crisis and of an attempt by the bank to slash the future funding agreed at the time of privatisation.
We have what we call a true partnership arrangement in the Scottish Court Service, which keeps us up to date with anything that is planned for the future.
Graeme Pearson’s question invited an indication of a more precise date in the autumn, as we discussed in the stage 1 debate, but the cabinet secretary has not given much reassurance about the timetable.
He suggested that the timber might be better in the ground than in the bank. Okay.Although its cost fluctuates, timber tends to be seen as a long-term investment and therefore in many cases—and in the forests that we are talking about—it is not so susceptible to short-term fluctuations.
We need to bear it in mind that the issue is not only about how a person manages arrangements, how they pay staff, how they choose their agency or how they manage the money in their bank account; it is about the person and how they want to live.
I have given a clear commitment to the independence of the report, but I have no difficulty in supporting amendments 36 and 41 and I encourage the committee to agree to them.Although I am sympathetic to amendment 35, the appointment date that he specifies is too restrictive.