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A question time could be scheduled for a few days after any progress report is issued, so that questions can be asked about the report.There are some peculiarities to deal with.
People in Oban and the islands are not so naive as to think that one needs a hospital bed in order to get treatment—there is as much day care going on there as anywhere else.
I should have mentioned—I think that it is in the report—that on 29 March Engender will facilitate a debate between the Equal Opportunities Commission and the Canadian High Commission, building on the work that has been done in Canada, on how budgets can be scrutinised from the women's perspective.Unfortunately, I think that the committee meets that day, so...
I am concerned that the bill will create a situation in which the day before a child's second birthday, nobody would be able to interfere with her right to request a breastfeed, but a day later, people could interfere.
We want competent, robust legislation—something that, at the end of the day, will make a difference. The reason why we are all here is to make a difference.
One of the issues that concerns me is the point in Mr Drysdale's submission about refuse lorries, brewery deliveries and all the other service deliveries that might take place.
We must never forget that organised crime is very clued up about avoiding detection, and it is the fact that our law enforcement agencies are at the cutting edge of forensics and similar technology that keeps them ahead of the game. The day that we are not in that position is the day that organised crime begins to de...
I am now off to see the Standards and Public Appointments Committee to register that," would be to say, "Over my dead body." On a bad day, that might be quite tempting, but I am delighted to say that we have more good days than bad days.