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I put those two questions to you: what are your general views on the bill and what comments do you have about the consultation that has been undertaken to date? Our organisations are well aware of the risks to vulnerable children and young people, both those living in the community and looked-after children.
Her role is to assess someone coming in from Greenock or Paisley sheriff court and to tell Gateside, "This person is coming in on such and such a date. Don't let him rattle for three days.
We would far rather receive population projections than statistics that are two years out of date. I could not agree more that good management information systems are the key.
Please give us an idea of its remit and responsibilities and bring us up to date with what is happening. It might save time if I leave the formal remit of the steering group with the committee.
We have rightly agreed that we will not ask any organisation to give evidence to more than one committee, but it would be useful if Martin Verity would circulate the dates of when those organisations will give evidence to other committees.
I said on 4 August that I hoped we would be in a position to introduce legislation when the Parliament returned after the summer recess. That is precisely what we are doing.
The works were substantiallycomplete at that time but, as is customary, some ancillary works continued afterthat date. The contract is not due to end until 21 December 2010 when the fiveyear maintenance period ends.