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Scottish ParliamentWaverley Railway (Scotland) Bill CommitteeWednesday 27 April 2005 Scottish ParliamentWaverley Railway (Scotland) Bill CommitteeWednesday 27 April 2005 The Convener opened the meeting at 10:05Item in Private Item in Private Good morning and welcome to the meeting.
The changes could affect many areas in Scotland in a big way and given the preponderance of less favoured areas for farming in Scotland we should keep an eye on the situation.
Scottish ParliamentWaverley Railway (Scotland) Bill CommitteeWednesday 12 May 2004(Afternoon) Scottish ParliamentWaverley Railway (Scotland) Bill CommitteeWednesday 12 May 2004(Afternoon) The Convener opened the meeting at 16:15 I welcome everybody to the third meeting of the Waverley Railway (Scotland) Bill Committee.
It was unanimously accepted throughout the west of Scotland that the strategy was good.I believe that, until that point, the consultation was exemplary.
We can certainly consider giving more information. Some of the funding is more generic, and happens through the work of bodies such as NHS Education for Scotland, which covers several different staff groups.
In particular, we are increasing support for sure start Scotland, further increasing funding of the child care strategy and working on improvements in the quality of services through the review of the early- years and child care workforce.
Is he aware of the findings of the Scotecon study at the University of Stirling—funded by the Scottish Executive—which reveal that Scotland has one of the highest rates in the industrialised world for the number of households with no one in employment?