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I am not very good at maths, but I have worked it out that that will mean midwives get two and a half minutes with each child a week and health visitors will get just over a minute with each child a week.
It is intended to help ensure that parliamentary resources are not used for any party-political or election campaigning activity and that all candidates are treated the same during what would normally be a period of dissolution; at the same time, it allows for Parliament to be recalled in an emergency.
The Crown, having raised the concerns that it has raised, has exhausted its interest in this matter and has absolutely no interest in otherwise limiting the activities of, or conduct of business in, Parliament.
However, from what I read in the petitioner’s evidence, he is convinced not just that the system is not working effectively but that is actively working against the interests of children.
Last week, I asked the First Minister whether Scotland’s 32 councils will get the more than £0.5 billion in funding that they need just to stand still in maintaining local services, but I received no answer.
I am interested in what the committee could do to help colleges and further education and to get young people experiences and into apprenticeships to try to deal with that gap.
We are speaking to Simon next week to get his thoughts on our proposals. Although the changes to part 3 were not part of the first phase of the bill, we are actively pushing that now and getting stakeholder opinions on the issue.