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We have a strong record in government: in Scotland, Robert Brown was the minister who guided through Parliament the bill that established the Scottish Human Rights Commission; at Westminster, one of our first acts in government was to end child detention at Dungavel.We are pleased to support the Government motion and the Labour amendment.
The SQA made it clear that its resource base was such that it could not have the double and triple running that was anticipated. Janet Brown was quite specific about that in her evidence to the committee.
You commented earlier on the disparity of treatment between part-time and full-time students. It is interesting that the Browne review down south highlighted that.
Scotland, Inclusion Scotland and the SCLD, highlighted that public interest organisations would need training on how to bring legal cases on behalf of children. Oonagh Brown (SCLD) for example, said it thought its sector had been left behind in this regard and needed ‘upskilling’.vThe Equalities and Human Rights Committee, 26 November 2020, Official Report ...
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20 February 2019
Business Gateway was not explicitly included in the Enterprise and Skills Review, as former Economy Cabinet Secretary Keith Brown reminded the Committee in December 2017:
Business Gateway is still, if you like, off to one side.
I, too, will want to ensure that that is not the case. Robert Brown’s point about the amount of legislation that now exists in this area was entirely valid.
I envisage some excitement on the diplomatic front if there is a view that the trial process in certain jurisdictions is not as we might wish it.Before we move on to our next line of questioning, Robert Brown has a supplementary to an earlier question.
The number of jobs that those businesses create is proportionately greater, so it makes sense to prioritise them.However, Gavin Brown’s question was on those medium-sized enterprises that are beyond start-up but unlikely to qualify or even aspire to high-growth status.
I was not going to raise the issue, but I will discuss it now that it has been raised. I support Robert Brown’s comments not from a nationalist point of view but from the point of view of accuracy.