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The private sector suffered more at the start of the recession, but the subsequent pay restraint in the public sector has narrowed that gap. As Hazel Brown said, earnings are only part of the story, and the whole package of terms and conditions matters.
I remain concerned about the European structural funds programmes. I have looked at Keith Brown’s letter to you of 13 June addressing that issue, and I think that it would be helpful, given that a substantial part of the funds allocated for the current funding programme has still not been committed, to invite Mr Brown to give evidence in the autumn.
The Minister for Children, Young People and The Promise, SiobhianBrown, has written to the new safeguarding minister to ask about that technology, to confirm our support for such a move and to reiterate our desire to work closely with the UK Government on the important issue of safeguarding.Our children and young pe...
Along with many of the 500,000 public sector workers in Scotland—otherwise known as taxpayers; I say that for Gavin Brown’s benefit—my brother, my sister-in-law and my husband are on strike.I come from a working-class Lanarkshire background.
Dog Theft (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from— SiobhianBrown, Minister for Victims and Community Safety, supported by Jim Wilson, Licensing Team Leader, Scottish Government. . 2.
As a House of Commons select committee has recently reported, under the Tory-Liberal Democrat majority the country is now paying a very heavy price for Gordon Brown’s PFI bill. If we were not paying such a heavy price in Scotland alone—towards £800 million a year—in excessive profits to the PFI merchants, we would have much more money to invest in new schoo...