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Motion agreed to. That the Parliament agrees the following designation of Lead Committee— The Rural Affairs Committee to consider the Organic Aid (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1999 (SSI 1999/107).
We could then meet next week to discuss our proposals and to formalise a paper to bring to the full committee the following week. On the work programme, disability has not yet been mentioned.
People should appreciate that this is the sort of thing on which the Scottish Parliament makes a difference. My question follows on from that of Mike Pringle and relates to other claims.
For example, a debtor who is paid weekly might be paid in advance for two weeks' holiday, with the result that he or she receives a one-off payment of three weeks' pay followed by two weeks of no pay. The 1987 act ignores the fact that three weeks' pay is being paid at one time.
The underspend of £235 million, announced this afternoon by the minister, follows a cumulative underspend over the past three years of something like £1 billion.
Some may use lists and some may consider the situation case by case when people apply for jobs.Here in Scotland, we are undertaking processes to make improvements following the Bichard report—for example, we now have a list.