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As one of the CHAS publications says:"Demand at Rachel House is so high that family visits may soon have to be restricted. The only solution is to create additional services"—as there are only eight beds.Rachel House supports 130 families and more than 100 bereaved families.
In other constituencies across the country, in particular the Shetland islands—represented by Tavish Scott—a fifth of jobs may be dependent on the oceans. Does the member agree that at the moment, because of draconian European measures, some people in the fishing industry are losing their livelihoods?
Successful inward investment projects over the years have made some progress in manufacturing, but we are still achieving only half the Scottish average in manufacturing: 16 per cent. Members may have heard it expressed that Inverness is the fastest-growing town in Scotland, in the UK or, I have even heard it said, in Europe.
There is Cabinet Office guidance and there are TUPE revisions, but there are still two-tier work forces post-transfer. Staff who transfer may be protected, but new starts are not.
Some local authority areas,including East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Midlothian and North Ayrshire, do not contain a sheriff court.4. Totals may include a smallnumber where age is unknown.5.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
24 October 2005
In some ADATareas, the impact of a single specialized service - for example, a crisismanagement centre - may dramatically alter the distribution of waiting times.Consequently, to compare data across ADATs is risky and potentiallyinappropriate.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
16 December 2004
To protect the confidentiality of individual companies, it has been necessary to group together a number of counties containing less than five fish processing companies. These statistics may not be released at the constituency level.Table 3: Employment in Processing of Marine Fish (Full-Time Equivalent), 2004 County Full-Time Equivalent Empl...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
27 August 2004
Includes a small number of persons sentenced in the district court.4. Figures for 2002 may be underestimates due to late recording of disposals on SCRO.