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Conventional wisdom has it that no politician who aspires to be serious and recognised as such will sport a beard. However, this is 2016 and we live surrounded by bearded political giants such as Jeremy Corbyn, David Mundell and—in a rather half-hearted, cultivated stubble sort of way this afternoon—Humza Yousaf.
I also represent the CTC—Cyclists Touring Club—which is the national association for cyclists. I am head of Living Streets Scotland. I am director of Transform Scotland.
I do not think that sweeping statements about disability are of particular value; indeed, they tend to be wrong.I do not know whether this is an answer to Dennis Robertson’s question—as I said, I am not qualified to talk about the full history of Remploy—but on the question of where we want to go in the future, which is my prime concern, our ethos is to provide every conceivable support to people with a disability to ensure that they can maintain their working lives...
I wonder, therefore, whether we could find a different name for the Henry VIII power, as it refers to a king who was never a king of Scotland. Judging by the television programme presented by Dr David Starkey, I think that he was a pretty unpleasant character anyway.
The fact that extreme weather events and resilience challenges will impact their ability to work and to travel and the type of housing that they live in means that it is likely that they will suffer more than other people in different areas of society.
Many of them are not familiar with a settled existence as they are used to living chaotic lives. Intervention is desperately needed in those cases in order to divert them from prison and provide them with the tools that they need to cope with a normal life.
The report of the Independent Commission on Religion and Belief in British Public Life, Living with Difference: Community, Diversity and the Common Good, contains 12 recommendations about the place of religion in public life.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
13 January 2016
We also encourage other organisations to adopt fair work practices, for example through promotion of the Scottish Business Pledge and Living Wage Accreditation. S4W-29002
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
6 November 2015
Overall, health in Scotland is improving, and people are living longer, healthier lives. Reducing the health gap between people in Scotland’s most deprived and affluent communities is one of our greatest challenges.