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I should say that the BBC was out filming with us yesterday for this weekend's sharkatag event, which will also be filmed live on breakfast TV on Friday.From our point of view, the bill should be a new opportunity for our oceans.
We rightly want people to live independent lives for as long as possible, but the types of illness that old age can bring require a great deal of palliative provision.
We will also establish a living wage unit in the Scottish Government to promote the living wage in the private sector, and we will extend payment of the living wage to public sector contract workers.
Is there any evidence that even just the recent discussions about the living wage have made more companies aware of the desire of Government and others for the living wage to be paid?
However, it is not normal for young people to live only with other young people. In society, our children live with adults, and women and men mix together.
I am impatient for an end to animal cruelty: the cruelty of the use of snares, greyhound racing, hunting with dogs, live animal exports and tail docking.
It is important that all those who are sent out to examine the circumstances in which children live, whether or not they also elicit the views of the child, are properly trained.
Well-trained staff and specialist interventions are important but the cultural environment that the children live within is also important and it will shape their day-to-day experiences.
This time round, the approach feels a bit more interactive, which is important because we are looking at a set of live issues for children and young people and their families.