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The Scottish Government will also be refreshing Safer Lives: Changed Lives this year, which guides the work of all partners tackling violence against women in Scotland, to ensure it reflects our renewed emphasis on prevention work.
People across Scotland rely on our justice system to live in safety and security, to ensure that their rights are protected and to resolve disputes fairly and swiftly.
Certainly, the increase in the disposable income threshold above which contributions will be made, and the agreement that the disability living allowance, its replacement personal independence payments, and war pensions will be disregarded is welcome.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
3 September 2015
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Could that be a way of delivering the living wage? It would be a way of getting around the legal requirement while still having a section in the bill that deals with the living wage.
I know that there is a suggestion that we ask when the legislation will be reviewed, but the difficulty with reviewing fines is that they depend on a variety of factors—for example, the rate of inflation, the cost of living and the issue. The matter has been aired and canvassed.
The consultation will also explore issues that relate to rent levels. My 30,000 constituents who live in the PRS, as well as those who share streets and stairs with them, will be glad to hear of the proposals and the consultation.
Organ Donation (Opt-out System) (PE1453) PE1453, from Caroline Wilson, on behalf of the Evening Times and Kidney Research UK (Scotland), calls on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to introduce an opt-out system of organ donation to help to save more lives. This is one of the most interesting of the many interesting petitions that have...