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There was also a separate local government ombudsman to reflect the fact that Scotland has a separate local government system, and a housing association ombudsman. That was the pre-devolution position.It is clear that there were many pluses in that system, not the least of which was the high regard in which the ombudsmen and the work that they carried out w...
We hope that most problems—I am not sure that we can call them disputes, because we will weed out pre-contract disputes—will be resolved at that level.
We have attempted to identify mechanisms for jump-starting business R and D, which allows companies to locate and interconnect with global marketplaces and to complete their first stage of development in a pre-competitive environment. That allows them leverage to put their own business R and D on top, so that they can make their own products and services, w...
End-year flexibility provides one explanation of where a reserve might come from, but not a pre-planned reserve. The minister's answer cannot be the whole truth.
In particular, I draw members' attention to the pre-council and post-council briefings that we have received from the Executive and which are now being circulated more regularly.
We therefore do not want the bill's provisions to be applied indiscriminately to pre-school provision. However, we recognise the importance of contact between the primary and pre-school sectors.
However, when the parents sought continuation of the nursery place for a further year to allow the child's pre-school education to continue, it was denied and the child was left in limbo for that year, between pre-school education and school.