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Not overly to criticise the UK Parliament, I want to ascertain that our Parliament has its own house absolutely in order and that every website is up to date. Perhaps Mr Stevenson could inform us about that.
If we decided to close the petition, we could write to the Scottish Government to ask it to ensure that the petitioner is kept up to date with any developments from the Scottish Government.
It would probably be helpful at some stage in the bill process to make sure that we have appropriate comment on the record that could be referred to by courts at a later date to help to understand our intention.
The longer a person is unemployed, the harder it is for them to get a job. Their skills are out of date, and they may end up having health issues, too.
In any event, one would expect the outstanding debt to be cleared on the death of the owner— Just to cut to the chase, I simply wanted to find out whether the charge could be started at a distant date or whether it had to start at once.
The approach does not exist as a consequence of a policy maker’s initiative, but you may want to take an interest in its development. Why has the policy failed to date? Are we targeting the wrong people?