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Mr Hume's amendment S3M-3325.2 has been pre-empted.The next question is, that motion S3M-3325, in the name of Sarah Boyack, on forestry, as amended, be agreed to.
The committee looks forward to receiving the further written information that he has indicated he will supply to us and, indeed, looks forward to seeing him at stage 2—if, of course, the Parliament agrees the bill at stage 1. I do not want to pre-empt anything.I suspend the meeting for five minutes for a short comfort break.
I emphasise that those are what I call first-wave claims, which arise out of the pre-single status structures—the discriminatory pay structures.On the horizon is a second batch of claims against many local authorities.
There is powerful evidence that, if children are encouraged to socialise in pre-school education—such as in kindergartens for children aged three and older—their employability, educational attainment and health status will be improved in later life.
Will they compete across wide geographic areas or are they designed to supply known and pre-identified captive markets of specific buyers, for want of a better word?
It is now five years since the office was established. Pre-devolution, Scotland had ombudsmen; it had a local government ombudsman to reflect the fact that the local government system here is separate, a housing ombudsman and a Scottish part of the office of the UK Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman.
The petition was successful in achieving its goal, and demonstrates the value in the pre-publication work that takes place between the clerks and petitioners.
It has been shown that the majority of food procurement is provided by local suppliers. The situation with pre-prepared meals and delivered meals is different, as no Scottish supplier is able to supply those to the required specification currently.
Professor Fox argued that the courts would likely take a purposive approach to interpretation, covering systems which allowed limited changes in pre-agreed circumstances1Scottish Parliament Economy and Fair Work Committee. (2025).