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• Should sentencing decisions take even more account of women’s lives, with judges considering whether a women has caring responsibilities, has experienced trauma and abuse, and to what extent should the needs of the child be part of that decision?
I constantly worry that something bad will happen to a child in my care because our building has not been adapted in any way to take account of the needs of these children.”
Similarly, it is not obvious from the 6 Prescription Cost Analysis 2024 – Northern Ireland 5 published data how administrative fees and overheads are accounted for between the different nations.
Dr Cook suggested that vessel running costs account for “a high proportion of the costs of compliance” and noted that the vessels were previously contracted commercially.
As a minimum, I expect the UK to follow Basel Convention guidelines on limits and go beyond these where evidence is compelling for tighter restrictions. Any decisions must take full account of the guiding environmental principles.
A further source of distress was the level of detail published, for example, graphic accounts of the harm inflicted on their child and diagrams of their final movements. 14.
Additionally, the Committee notes the UK Government’s autumn budget was published on the 27 October 2021. This letter does not take account of any impacts from this announcement. 8.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
23 January 2026
To ask the Scottish Government how many local authorities have made a request under the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 to transfer funds into their Housing Revenue Account since 1999, and how many of any such transfers were authorised by the Scottish Ministers.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
27 January 2023
Ensuring that communities are engaged with policy development and in long-term oversight and accountability, is of utmost importance, and we use mechanisms and routes to achieve that in the best way possible.