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The 40-day period for the instrument expires on 6 February, which is the date of our next meeting. Therefore, today's discussion need not necessarily be the final cut.
Earlier, the leader of the Opposition said that the previous Scottish Executive had made a commitment to future investment in Edinburgh's schools, but the letter dated 27 February makes it clear that no such commitment was given.
On the Edinburgh airport rail link, the report states:"The EARL project is unlikely to be delivered by the target date of the end of 2011 … There is no clear governance framework … There is no procurement strategy in place"and there is a high degree of uncertainty.
I commend the bill. 16:33 It is with interest that I speak about the Abusive Behaviour and Sexual Harm (Scotland) Bill, which aims to bring Scottish law up to date with changes in society’s view of domestic abuse and with technological changes, to reflect our improved understanding of the issues.
Again, that is an opportunity for our board to be up to date and aware of developments and to have the strategic discussions that are so important when choices have to be made on how to move forward.
I am sure that there is an issue around ensuring that up-to-date information is available about the local services that people should be referred to. 09:45 I agree that we need a whole-systems approach to tackling social isolation.
The committee will write to the MEPs to get an up-to-date position on TTIP. We covered lots of topics with the MEPs at last week’s meeting, so we are writing to them on that point specifically.