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I think that we should seek further clarification of exactly how each of the agencies to which we have written is trying to make progress on the issues that have been identified in the petition, so that we will have a better picture than we have had to date. I wonder whether we can use our influence to ask why it will take 26 months to revise the guidelines...
Cathy Jamieson's speech also prompts me to mention that I visited an old friend in Montrose during the recess who said that she feels very guilty about the carers' coming in.
I am happy, however, to bring forward the terms of a debate after the summer recess. There will, throughout the legislative process, be plenty of opportunity to discuss the matter, for ample scrutiny and to debate many of the issues.
As regards updating Parliament, I am committed to coming back to Parliament as often as is required, to ensure that Parliament is kept up to date with the process and the progress of implementation of the recommendations.
We are not dodging issues; we are trying to work through them.As I said, many of Scotland’s courts date from Victorian times and are not fit for purpose in the 21st century, and many are underused.
In many ways, this is a timely debate because it acknowledges the important date of 21 March as the United Nations world Down’s syndrome day and recognises that it is Down’s syndrome week from 17 to 23 March 2014.
The human mind is a great tangled complexity.To date, this has, I am sad to say, been a gendered problem—it affects more women than men to the tune of nine times—and that figure is consistent from country to country.