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Our trade and investment arm,Scottish Development International (SDI), has been targeting companies across China, includingin Shandong, that offer Scotland investment or collaboration opportunities.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
21 January 2008
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will review its use of low copy number DNA, in light of recent developments in other judiciaries in the United Kingdom.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
5 December 2007
The Scottish Governmentis fully committed to raising levels of attainment in literacy and the Curriculumfor Excellence places strong emphasis on the development of literacy acrossthe curriculum, with all teachers having responsibility for promoting language andliteracy development.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
20 November 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has any plans to develop a national strategy for children and young people who are looked after away from home, in light of the No Time to Lose manifesto developed by the Scottish Institute for Residential Child Care.
Most local authorities now have well-developed implementation plans, andeleven have progressed to the point of signing the Customer Agreement which willallow them to take the services.
The Scottish Government has also funded the Building Bridges project, a work-based route to BSL interpreter training in Scotland through the Scottish Association of Sign Language Interpreters (SASLI).
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
6 December 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how its plans for full fiscal autonomy differ from the arrangements in place for the funding of (a) the Basque Country, (b) Canadian provinces, and (c) American states.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
23 September 2010
It is being jointly organised by the government funded Multi-Agency Resource Centre (MARS) and the Scottish Child Care and Protection Network (SCCPN), and independently funded Centre for Learning in Child Protection (CLiCP).