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How are you tied into discussion of the exciting efforts to secure the Olympics for London, the trickle-down effect of securing the Olympic games for the UK and London and how Scotland could pitch into that? I will say a little about that.
It is important to recognise that the voluntary sector plays a huge role in delivering a range of services in Scotland. We must ensure that guidance is pitched at the right level; we are working on that.Guidance documents are being issued at individual partnership level.
Most of our questions are geared towards the Executive, but the Crown Office witnesses are welcome to pitch in. You may wish to say something specific about the appropriateness of the estimates in the financial memorandum, because your office probably has the biggest impact.
Most of our questions are geared towards the Executive, but the Crown Office witnesses are welcome to pitch in. You may wish to say something specific about the appropriateness of the estimates in the financial memorandum, because your office probably has the biggest impact.
We must ensure that education on solvents, like alcohol and drugs education, is pitched in a way that gets information across to young people, and make it clear that we are not lecturing them, preaching to them or ordering them about.
The scenes that we see on television deter a lot of other people from supporting the argument.I used to have exactly the same argument with Peter Hain in the days when he was a radical Young Liberal and went round digging up cricket pitches and golf courses, which I said harmed his case.
That is a challenge, but that is why it is important to have it reflected in this strategic statement.The next item might strike some people as a bit off the pitch, but I think that it is important.
I entirely accept the point that, although the clerks will work hard to make a borderline case acceptable, if an amendment is inadmissible and cannot be made admissible, it should stay off the pitch. I am much more interested in the argument about the non-selection of admissible amendments.
The Parliamentary Bureau will resolve problems such as clashes between the committees' remits, or whether there should be a lead committee. I think that we would win in a pitched battle, if it came to that. We are much better fighters in this committee.