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The voluntary sector has the challenge of keeping up to date with legislation and other matters.The role of the voluntary sector is also changing because of active citizenship.
Council tax arrangements must be refined and brought up to date through more sensitive banding arrangements and revaluation of properties.I will now hand over to Drew Edward, who will take us through the last few items in the executive summary.
The question is being asked whether young people should go through a criminal trial process or whether there should be something more like truth, reconciliation and rehabilitation. I am not up to date on the details of the debate, which is being conducted more by psychologists and politicians than by lawyers.
Mark Kennedy may want to comment on whether the Commission for Racial Equality has played much of a role to date. I have not seen much evidence of that.
My main concern, as I have said before, is that the Finance Committee should, if not sign off, at least express some view on, the SPCB budget in advance of the Executive budget. How does the date of 1 March relate to the Executive's plans?
I cannot comment on Cadence Design Systems, as I am not up to date on precisely what has happened there, but I am happy to talk about crisis situations generally.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will consider bringing forward the implementation date of the requirement to supply free tap water on request under the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005.
A Scottish Executive news release dated 21 October 2005, provided the biographical and other details of the President of the Additional Support Needs Tribunals.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
29 November 2005
To ask the Scottish Executive how it will ensure that local authorities have an up-to-date development plan, as outlined in the White Paper, Modernising the Planning System.