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(S2O-12378) No child in Scotland should have to face danger, risk, neglect or abuse, including those children whose lives are blighted by chaotic parental drug misuse.
That causes confusion among the public, and I am obliged to the convener for agreeing with me on that.As members can see in my letter, I have conceded that the Scotland Act 1998 constrains what can be done.
The issue is an important one throughout Scotland, not only in certain regions. I agree that we should send the petition to the Education Committee, drawing special attention to the paragraph that John Scott mentioned.
The difficulty would be to try to fit such an investigation into our programme, given our commitments, particularly with the Bankruptcy and Diligence etc (Scotland) Bill.There is also a danger in focusing on one industry.
I share many of those views and it is useful to have the opportunity to clarify the situation given the article with the headline, "Scotland extends smoking ban to the great outdoors".
(S2F-1275) At next week's meeting of the Scottish Cabinet, we will discuss our progress towards building a better Scotland. I hope that that progress will include joint working with the British Council.
The Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003 is an example of primary legislation being used to give effect to a directive, but the bulk of the instruments used are secondary legislation.The section 57 reference is to the provision in the Scotland Act 1998 that enables the Scottish Executive to ask We...
There is no consistency of approach across the brigades in Scotland. Each brigade is left to its own devices in its driver training, as we can see from the papers that we have.