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That is a challenge in the wider public appointments process, and the Scottish Government has set out its desire to see greater diversity and a greater number of women on public bodies. We have set a date—2020—by when we want 50:50 representation.
On a later occasion, when I worked in Livingston during the previous recession, when youth unemployment was high, Ferranti suddenly took on 100 apprentices and my higher physics class disappeared in its entirety.
Will the minister confirm that that means that the only trains that will continue to discharge effluent on to lines after that date will be trains that sneak across the border from England?
We support the act as we believe that it sends a robust message to organisations that failures to meet their duty of care to employees and the public will not be tolerated. To date no company has yet been convicted of corporate homicide in Scotland.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
20 January 2015
From a personal viewpoint, I am going to Argyll and Bute during the upcoming recess, and I will certainly make sure that I visit the Heart when I am there.
If we go down the route of relocating people and calling people illegal, it will add to the negative culture that I feel is brewing. During financial crises and recessions, people who are different or poorer or vulnerable are often targeted.
Before we move into private session, I say that at the committee’s next meeting, which will be after the Easter recess, on 17 April, we will take further evidence on the bill.13:37 Meeting continued in private until 13:46.