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We were not aware that the McIntosh commission would be debated before the recess. It would have been helpful if the First Minister had indicated his commitment to the McIntosh commission, particularly as new Labour made no submission to either consultation document.
It is a sensible amendment, because all it would do is give the minister the option to bring back an exemption at some future date after further discussions with the fisheries sector and with the coarse anglers in particular.
We did not want to interfere with the inherent powers and practices of the court, or cast doubt on the way in which those acts have operated to date in professional misconduct cases.
I do not underestimate the importance of IT, but I have experience in my previous professional life of an IT system—a children's special needs database—that was out of date before my trust received it and was slow and unwieldy.
We must ensure that the decisions that are taken at the summit have a crucial and long-lasting effect.To date, what has our Labour Government done to give a lead on the issue?
In February, during justice questions, I asked her whether she would commission an accessible directory of drug and alcohol treatment places and programmes, with up-to-date information so that adults and their families could access the programmes.
Because those centres are able to concentrate on elective procedures, they are not affected by emergency demands. To date, the 20 centres in the NHS in England appear to be working well—indeed, another 25 are planned.
However, such an assessment report—which could be out of date, partial or misleading—should not form the whole basis of the education authority's assessment of the child.