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I am thinking of social care in local government and the health service, because that is where there is tremendous scope for joint management and perhaps even merger-type activity at management level. The message needs to get through about working together.
The 2019 act introduces powers to stop, question and detain individuals at a port or in a border area to determine whether they are or have been involved in hostile activity on behalf of or in the interests of a state other than the UK.
That would leave Scotland requiring 22 more towns to establish an active group and get involved in the campaign for us to meet the criteria.Within my constituency, Bathgate, Linlithgow and Whitburn have all achieved Fairtrade town status, which is a credit to the hard work of the local steering groups.
The First Minister, Deputy First Minister and I have repeatedly urged the Prime Minister and Secretary of State to get a move on and make key decisions to progress Acorn.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
18 March 2026
The Scottish Government is committed to ensuring disabled people get the support they are entitled to and Social Security Scotland has robust quality assurance and evaluation processes to ensure the accuracy and integrity of decision making.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
26 August 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will (a) implement a baseline for endometriosis care and (b) ensure that everyone with endometriosis gets access to care in line with NICE guidelines.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
22 December 2023
To allow time for this further consideration and ensure we get the proposals right for introduction, we are planning a slight delay to the introduction of the Bill but it remains a Programme for Government commitment for 2023-24.