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Employment Injury Assistance
The Scottish Government plan to replace industrial injuries benefits with ‘Employment Injury Assistance’ although a definite start date and detailed policy have yet to be announced.
Eligible people are identified by Social Security Scotland using DWP lists of those receiving carer’s allowance at a Scottish address on the qualifying dates.
Gauci was interviewed 23 times, giving contradictory evidence about who had bought the clothes, that person’s age and appearance and the date of purchase, but he later identified Abdelbaset al-Megrahi.
That process will have been on-going for more than seven years by the 25 January date for full implementation, and it will have been subjected to extensive scrutiny during that time.
What work is on-going to ensure that, when all potential victims have been identified, they are kept up to date with the inquiries as they progress in order to ensure that they have all the answers that they deserve?
A lot of its land is still registered in the register of sasines, which dates from the 1600s. Even experienced solicitors can struggle to note title ownership.
However, as a matter of clarity, I advise members that I was in the chair at the time and I said that the sub judice rule was not engaged until a hearing date was set. On the separate issue of the Lord Advocate making a statement, I simply said that that was a matter for the Parliamentary Bureau in the first instance.
I am not promising that it will happen on that exact date, because fieldwork, surveys and so on will have to be carried out and then the report produced.
The ability to collect accurate and up-to-date statistical information related to agriculture is important so that the Scottish Government can regulate and develop policy effectively for the agricultural sector.