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I raised a point with the bill team last week about whether the succession provision would have retrospective effect given section 4(1), but I now know that the provision will apply only when tenants die on or after the date when the legislation comes into force and not when tenants die before that date on whom a not...
Sadly, that increase mirrors the picture across Scotland. A substantial number of those who die are not in contact with specialist services at the time of their death.
Various points are made in the paper about children's pensions for the children of MSPs, former MSPs and retired MSPs who die. Three points have been highlighted.
They know that they face death, and many are scared that they will not die with their parents. Israel and its Government have crossed a clear line into the darkest crimes.
At the bottom of the table, seven or 11 people die per 100,000 of the population, but, at the top of the table, the figure is 33 or 37 per 100,000, so there is a huge difference.
We cannot afford to let the Highlands and Islands wither and die by not investing in the very small businesses that keep Scotland going. 16:11 I thank the Deputy Presiding Officer for the opportunity to take part today.
One thing that I found interesting—I went back to study it, although I do not have my copious notes with me—was about the titles “lawyer” and “solicitor”. I realised that I would not die in a ditch on that, because there were balanced views about whether the two titles should be regulated or only the one.
If a person signs up to that contract, surely the contract that we sign up to is to ensure that they are looked after when they have finished their service or are remembered if they die in service. Finally, all this is not to glorify war—the motion makes that clear—but to recognise the sacrifices made to protect the freedoms that we enjoy today.