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We should not prevent children from coming forward to talk about what they have experienced, and we should gather that important evidence within the seven-day window so that, if they want to, children can access justice at a later date as part of their recovery journey.
To begin with, I thank the sub-committee for the time that it has taken to consider this important issue. As I noted in my letter dated yesterday, this is a complex and rapidly evolving area, and although it is for Police Scotland to ensure that it exercises its powers in accordance with the law as it moves towards implementation of the new devices, it and ...
The update to table 25, which I hope has been made available to you, brings it almost bang up to date and shows the continuing improvements in respect of some but, admittedly, not all of the target groups.
(further provision as to registration) applies as if after subsection (11) Section 95 (2) there were inserted— “(2A) As soon as practicable after the civil partnership schedule has been signed in accordance with section 85, the authorised registrar must make an 40 endorsement on it in the following terms— “This civil partnership registration was carried out under section 97A of the Civil Partnership Act 2004, following a statutory declaration by the parties that they registered a relationship with each other on [date...
To put this in perspective, before the beginning of the recession in 2008 the proportion of working age disabled people in employment in Scotland was 47% whilst the average employment rate of non-disabled people was 80% - an employment gap of 16 33%. 47.
The UK Government insists that the aim is to “take back control of our statute book” and to do so by a sunset date of the final day of 2023. All inherited EU laws will expire on that date unless they are expressly preserved in some form.
As stated in the Chamber in response to a point raised by Rob Gibson, the Scottish Government intends to hold a debate, in Plenary, following summer recess, to allow for a discussion and exploration of issues such as food authenticity and labelling.