This search includes all content on the Scottish Parliament website, except for Votes and Motions. All Official Reports (what has been said in Parliament) and Questions and Answers are available from 1999. You can refine your search by adding and removing filters.
There are many issues about the changes to catering that will be necessary if local authority caterers need to do many more pre-packed meals, for example. We need to consider such issues.I do not want to hold the committee back.
Sometimes, the issue concerns decisions of acute services reviews being pre-empted. Earlier this year, Susan Deacon ensured that beds were kept at Stobhill hospital until the results of the review were known.
The question whether a committee bill should be referred to another committee or to a Committee of the Whole Parliament might become an issue.The points in the guidance underline the pre-introduction work that has to go into a committee bill.
You say that COSLA did not make any claims to that effect during the pre-consultation, but COSLA representatives have said to the committee that the introduction of the duties is totally unacceptable.
Another issue is the discretionary powers that local authorities have in relation to transport for pre-school children. Is there any financial recognition of that for local authorities?
In Glasgow, the One Plus sustainable employment project assists vulnerable parents to return to and sustain employment by providing pre and in-work support for a period of six months.