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In interviews with the BBC’s Jackie Bird in 2012, one veteran said of his homecoming: “We were only young ... we’d start to talk about our war and be told: ‘Away lad, that was nothing ... l was at Dunkirk’.” That is why, on both sides of the Atlantic, the conflict is often referred to as the “forgotten” war.
It is for women like her and the many others that I am grateful for the opportunity to speak in the debate. 16:12 l commend James Dornan for an excellent speech: it was raw and honest and difficult to listen to in parts.
Given the importance of ATMs, there was real concern earlier this year when the UK’s largest cashpoint network, Link, announced plans to change the fee structure under which ATM operators are paid. Given those concerns, l led a members’ business debate in the chamber in May, and the Economy, Energy and Fair Work Committee here in Holyrood and the Scottish A...
Therefore, we need to make sure that the treatment comes to Scotland. 17:11 I congratulate Rhoda Grant on securing this evening’s debate, and l am pleased to be participating in it.
I welcome the bill, both for its effects on public boards in Scotland, which are significant, and for the message that it sends across the country and beyond. l hope that the message will be an important part of changing our general culture of work to achieve gender equity across Scotland, in both the public and the private sector.
“The Theory of Moral Sentiments” is the counterweight to the individualism of the proto-capitalist framework that was to come in “The Wealth of Nations”. As Vernon L Smith famously said in a lecture about Adam Smith’s two major works, together, those explain: “why human nature appears to be simultaneously self regarding and other regarding.”
Aspirations are all well and good, but l will ask about delivery. From a commercial point of view, the cities were already connected to the levels that were required, so I go back to Colin Smyth’s point: how are we ensuring that the additional Scottish Government spend of more than £600 million is leveraging economic growth in other areas?
Feasgar math, a chàirdean, agus taing mhòr airson cuireadh a thoirt dhomh an t-àm cnuasachaidh a tha seo a dhèanamh. ’S e daonnaire a tha annam, is mi nam bhall de Chomann Daonnairean na h-Alba, còmhla ri mu cheithir mìle deug duine eile air feadh na dùthcha. ’S e neach-fèille daonnachais a tha annam cuideachd, agus mar sin bidh mi a’ dèanamh phòsaidhean, ...
Among those who did not die by VAD, the primary reason for seeking VAD had been actual suffering (66%) more than autonomy (65%).3Michael, N., Jones, D., Kernick, L., & Kissane, D. (2024). Does voluntary assisted dying impact quality palliative care?