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We believe the evidence is strongest that parents, children, and family support services are best served by adopting methods that do not involve physical punishment.
This is no easy task for the system-wide reasons and data shortages alluded to in this briefing. To do this we need to make the best use of existing data, access new data and give serious consideration to creating new official data sources.
The Scottish Government advises that it is best to look at the change in the gender pay gap over time because of uncertainties with the statistical significance of annual changes.1Scottish Government. (2016, June).
Committee reports
Date published:
26 November 2018
As a first step towards more systematic post-legislative human rights scrutiny, we propose to identify the Acts of the Parliament which are best candidates for such post-legislative review.
Eddie Fraser of East Ayrshire Health and Social Care Partnership said— “We see the resources working best when they have come to us jointly”.iHealth and Sport Committee.
Committee reports
Date published:
10 December 2017
From the inquiries we have undertaken so far this session and the evidence gathered through this inquiry, we are clear representative organisations have a detailed knowledge of the particular issues facing their protected groups and are best placed to advocate for change. However, we also note that there are many organisations representing each protected ch...
The Committee thanks all of the local authorities that replied to the Committee's requests for more information.
Local authorities are best placed to consider the condition of their own estate.