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Does he therefore recognise that there is a limit to which the margins of those businesses can be squeezed at a time when we are still recovering from economic recession? The member eloquently tells us exactly why opinion has been divided to date.
We will consider the responses to a number of questions that we raised at our last meeting before the summer recess. We must report to the lead committee at the end of this week, in time for its consideration of the bill with the minister in charge next week.
I want to help.If the First Minister will task his civil servants with preparing the amendments today, Labour members will come back during the summer recess to vote the law through as soon as possible so that we do not have to wait until September.
To what extent is organised crime a function of the recession and inequality? I am genuinely interested to know whether any research links a growth in organised crime and illicit trade with poverty, inequality and recession.
The introduction of the policy as we entered this recession—to which, I have to say, there seems little end—exacerbated the hardship for landlords and, as I have just explained, added to disincentives to develop new build.
The committee will take evidence from the commissioner on his findings before the summer recess. I commend his report to the Parliament. 17:28 The registration/contract situation pertaining to young footballers has been the subject of debate over many years.
We have to report by mid-December and in the Parliament’s first week back after recess there will be a debate. This committee is very influential, so if we take a view on what has been suggested maybe we can turn the tide a bit.
It was developed in 2008, before the recession really hit, and it needs to be updated to reflect the current crisis in respect of living standards and poverty.