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This consultation put forward two options on the future of civil partnership – that no new civil partnerships could be registered in Scotland from a date in the future or extending civil partnerships to mixed sex couples.
One of the biggest factors in ensuring what has been a successful reform to date is the promise of no compulsory redundancies in the Fire and Rescue Service.
For example, in the stage 1 debate, I highlighted the fact that the national standards for community engagement pre-date the mass use of social media in Scotland, which is very important for any kind of community outreach and engagement.
On another performance area, statistics on drug-related deaths were published at the beginning of the recess. The figures for Highland are not in the briefing, but what work are you looking at?
My view is that, if we start to build in recesses, how long will all this take? We have a climate emergency, so why would we want to make things even longer and more difficult?