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I took it from what you said that you were asking whether it is really feasible that we can meet the targets given that we have not managed to do much to date. We should not necessarily think about delivery to date as an indicator that we cannot do stuff in the future.
However, the Government is not in favour of long, exclusive lists in primary legislation, because they can date quickly and fail to draw in relevant matters.
For example, I know of some businesses that, instead of cutting staff, cut pay across the board to maintain staff levels in order to fulfil contracts and so on. However, as the recession bit, large numbers of members undoubtedly moved towards more flexible working patterns.In the years leading up to the recession, th...
To ask the Scottish Government, further to its commitment in its response to the Equalities and Human Rights Committee report, Hidden Lives: New Beginnings, by what date it will publish its anti-destitution strategy.
At that time not even Prophet Salmond would have been able to work out that a recession was going to happen. The country wants to hear what he is going to do now, not what he did two years ago, so let us have some answers.