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The first recognised apologies legislation was enacted in Massachusetts, in the United States, in 1986, after a young girl named Claire Saltonstall was hit and killed by a car while she was riding her bicycle near her family home and the driver who struck her never apologised. Her father, William L Saltonstall, who was a state senator, was angry that the dr...
I can see that Bill Wilson is pleased at the mention of permeable paving.Section 24 sets out the factors that l believe must be considered when making an informed decision about the most appropriate approaches to managing flood risk.
If you go to Halifax and the maritime provinces in Canada, you see them flocking in their thousands to Prince Edward Island because of their love for L M Montgomery's stories, such as "Anne of Green Gables".
However, in the last few decades, average life expectancy in Scotland has not improved at the same rate as elsewhere.1 Fenton, L., Minton, J., Ramsay, J., Kaye-Bardgett, M., Fischbacher, C., Wyper, G., … McCartney, G. (2019).
Gavin Brown has perhaps read the same Bill Jamieson article that I read about LBTT, in which Bill Jamieson said: “few acronyms are more calculated to empty a room these days than L&BTT ... MSPs can be excused utter bafflement as to how much L&BTT will actually raise.”
The situation may be better now, but I am not aware of that. The other problem that l think all members have encountered in different areas is that the time taken to deal with what you described means that less consultation time is available for everybody in the community, including newcomers.