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The first matter to raise concerns the Minister for Justice's response to questions on legal aid and the Protection from Abuse (Scotland) Act 2001 at the joint stock-taking meeting on 17 September.
The regulations amend the provisions of the Pesticides (Maximum Residue Levels in Crops, Food and Feeding Stuffs) (Scotland) Regulations 2000 in the light of new European Commission directives.
Damages (Personal Injury) (Scotland) Order 2002 (SSI 2002/46) Moving on to item 4, I refer members to paper number J2/02/9/3, which is a detailed note that sets out the background to the order.
Nonetheless, today's meeting is relevant to this part of the world because we will be concentrating on the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill that has started its progress through the Scottish Parliament.
Research shows that direct payments can increase independence and aid social inclusion, and the Executive is committed to making them more widely available. The Community Care and Health (Scotland) Bill introduces several proposals that will help to improve the take-up of direct payments.
Health, education, crime, transport and jobs are the key areas for improvement and ministers are determined to deliver a real difference to people throughout Scotland. I thank the minister for reinforcing the message of yesterday's debate.
Scottish Water Authority (PE411) Agenda item 5 is consideration of petition PE411 from the Scottish Co-operative and Mutual Forum on the mutualisation of the Scottish water authority.We have considered the issue extensively both in the report of our inquiry into water and the water industry and in our consideration of the Water Industry (Scotland) Bill. I suggest that we take the approach that we adopted with a previous petition and treat it as written evidence as part of our stage 1 consideration of the Water Industry (Scotland) Bill.
There will be costs associated with meeting our new objectives, but for the people of Scotland that will be a worthwhile investment in this environmental issue.
(S1O-3291) We are reviewing the effectiveness of the provisions of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1995, which relate to re-offending while on bail.
European Communities (Matrimonial Jurisdiction and Judgments) (Scotland) Regulations 2001 (SSI 2001/36) Various matters were raised with the Executive on the regulations, some of which it has dealt with.