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That seems strange to me, because I presume that the date for the assessment would have been made in advance, so there should be plenty of time to seek evidence and allow a reasonable timescale for response.
In its business case, which was launched yesterday—its vesting date—Edinburgh College projected £9 million of savings as a direct result of the restructuring.The cabinet secretary has made it clear to us that he expects those savings to be recycled into the maintenance of places and the delivery of the Government’s opportunities for all objectives.
If we have a large number of off-the-shelf adaptations for mainstream houses, we should be able to provide exactly the same service for people in caravans. To date, we have not done particularly well on that.
I know of others who, because they had to give personal details such as their date of birth, their age, their gender and other things, refused to use them, but Gypsy Travellers still had the choice of using them or not.
However, I make it clear to the committee that we will share as much information with it as we can and keep members as up to date as possible about our emerging thinking as the DWP fills the still significant gaps in information.
We are very relaxed about the review and very happy to be part of it. To date, most of our witnesses have agreed that it would be beneficial to extend the community planning duty to other public sector partners instead of simply confining it to local government.
I believe that we will hear from that survey sometime around the end of March—I do not have a definite date for that. It will give us a lot more detail.
I do not reject the possibility of what you suggest, but I will not commit us to that on the basis of the experience to date. It is interesting that you say “bar two”.
I have therefore lodged amendment 9 to allow for the extension of the bill to cover additional characteristics at a later date. That will permit proper consultation and full consideration of the evidence.
It does not take forward any new policy; it simply updates the 2005 act to refer to the most up-to-date legislation. There was no effect to that reference having been missed from the original modification order, as the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 applies to give it meaning.