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A further piece of work that will conclude soon is the development of our new suicide prevention plan. It will be published before recess and it will build on our current investment in prevention of more than £2 million a year.
Although 7.6 per cent is far too high, does Iain Gray really not know that there is an international recession—Interruption. Order. While we are on celebrations, yesterday saw 20,000 new apprenticeship places achieved.
If they are asked to attend committee meetings, before or after the summer recess, they will make themselves available to do so if at all possible.The timetable that I have set out will enable committees to meet twice before the summer recess.
Since pre-recessionary times, we have seen evidence that the increase in car traffic is slowing down. During the recession, as we would expect, we saw absolute reductions, but we are starting to see an increase in car traffic.
I take this opportunity to welcome everyone back after the summer recess. I hope that you all had a relaxing and enjoyable summer.The first agenda item is declarations of interests.
This is our last committee meeting before the recess, so we wanted to check in with the cabinet secretary on how the Government’s thinking on the green recovery has progressed.
That will allow time for us to digest the findings and for Parliament to debate them prior to the summer recess. To properly inform it, the review will need to see the assessments in operation, so I reiterate my previous advice that schools should continue with their existing plans for the implementation of SNSAs in 2018-19.
In order to fit in with industry needs—in short, to ensure that as many calves as possible can be captured for tagging in year 1 of the scheme before they are sold on—we are keen to obtain approval for the statutory instrument, if Parliament and the committee so decide, before Parliament breaks for recess on 8 October. As required under the provisions in t...