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She means that we should assume that we have the power, and accept that we will be held to account for how we use it, until we are told that we do not.
It is utterly absurd for John Scott, backed up by Jackie Baillie on the Labour benches, to lay the blame on the SNP Government for the rise in fuel poverty in Scotland.
Where young people are involved in or at risk of offending, we remain committed to an integrated whole-system approach to tackle deeds while also taking account of wider needs. That approach is driving improvements.
Following the Smith commission’s recommendations, the fact that the BBC is laying its reports in the Scottish Parliament and coming to the Scottish Parliament indicates that it is willing to consider that aspect of the changing nature of devolution.
That is utter nonsense—Opposition parties should be holding the Government to account on what it has done and what it plans to do, not on what it says it has done.