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At the end of the meeting with Cecil Meiklejohn, the leader of the council, I hope that David Mundell will give a commitment on the part of the UK Government, which it has not provided to date, to support a Falkirk Council growth deal.
We will now consider the merits of each objection on the evidence that we have heard and received to date. Although the committee is required to consider the merits of objections, it is optional for it to accept or reject them.
Our efforts in Scotland on smoking rates have been bold and progress to date has been good. We are also among the first in the world to set a target of being tobacco free by 2034.
That work will be taken forward, and we will do everything that we can to make sure that the unions are kept fully up to date. I have outlined the commitments that Asda has given to the Scottish Government.
The clerk’s note refers to the minutes of the SaBTO meeting in June that indicated that the group had not been able to identify questions that could be used on a donor health check. To date, the petitioners have not provided the committee with a further written submission on the progress made on the issues raised in the petition.
The Electoral Commission’s submission sets out some concerns about the impact of any removal of the dual candidacy process and notes that the issue of dual candidacy has not been reflected as an issue in any of its attitudinal research conducted following each Scottish Parliament election to date. The Scottish Government also observes that dual candidacy i...
We have established that the Government is doing it, but we have not got start and finish dates. That is right. Have we established that the Government is doing the research?
The project is delayed by at least a year, and we still do not have a completion date. Last year, Phil Verster, from ScotRail, admitted management failure in the planning and delivery of the new line.
We want to ensure that, when we take over responsibility for those benefits, the 1.4 million people who are affected receive the money that they are entitled to on the date that they expect to receive it.