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Council tax arrangements must be refined and brought up to date through more sensitive banding arrangements and revaluation of properties.I will now hand over to Drew Edward, who will take us through the last few items in the executive summary.
The question is being asked whether young people should go through a criminal trial process or whether there should be something more like truth, reconciliation and rehabilitation. I am not up to date on the details of the debate, which is being conducted more by psychologists and politicians than by lawyers.
Mark Kennedy may want to comment on whether the Commission for Racial Equality has played much of a role to date. I have not seen much evidence of that.
My main concern, as I have said before, is that the Finance Committee should, if not sign off, at least express some view on, the SPCB budget in advance of the Executive budget. How does the date of 1 March relate to the Executive's plans?
I cannot comment on Cadence Design Systems, as I am not up to date on precisely what has happened there, but I am happy to talk about crisis situations generally.
That should avoid requests for continuations when one or other side is not fully prepared by the appeal hearing date that has been fixed. The Executive has confirmed that the proposed supreme court, if introduced, would not affect criminal appeals in Scotland.
There was no misidentification confirmedin the written evidence dated 3 May 2006 by John McLean. That written evidence isavailable at:http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/committees/justice1/papers-06/j1p06-17.pdf.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
5 September 2006
To ask the Scottish Executive by what date it will be possible for charities to apply to the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator for approval to reorganise under the provisions of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005.