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In his letter, he has written to the Presiding Officer to ask her “to consider beginning the process of banning paid consultancy work and directorships by referring the issue to the Standards Committee to consider the appropriate changes to Parliament’s Code of Conduct.” That is not about this committee making a judgment on the hoof; it is a suggestion to...
Students (Universal Credit) To ask the Scottish Government how it will work with further and higher education institutions to ensure that students in receipt of employment and support allowance will not find their education disrupted when universal credit is rolled out.
We recognise, of course, that universities are autonomous, but they are also in receipt of large sums of public money, so the bill will include a definition of and safeguard for academic freedom.
(S4O-00495) The latest official statistics, published on 27 October 2011, show that 85,000 premises in Scotland, or two out of every five commercial premises, are currently in receipt of the Scottish small business bonus scheme.
Importantly, there need to be offers of support at the time of receipt of the information, because, as the member has indicated, how it is received can cause further concerns.