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I particularly welcomed the stage 2 amendment that explicitly included carers aged under 16. Members may recall a members' business debate in Parliament last year that focused on the issues surrounding young carers.
Did you detect a problem arising from the fact that individual local groups may have had different objectives from those of the council or any related pressures because of funding?
However, we have some concerns that the announced levels of increase may lead to some false expectations of what we will be able to achieve; pay awards and other cost pressures may impact on the process.We welcome the opportunity that the Arbuthnott formula will give to provide equitable funding across Scotland.
If local authorities, schools or teachers feel that the national priorities, the act or any aspect of the framework is not clear enough, we may consider guidance to support the process.
Many in the ethnic minority community face difficulties in the private sector, depending on who they are dealing with. A white landlord may not want coloured people living in his house.