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To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government's response is to the report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation about the number of families living below the minimum income standard.
To ask the Scottish Executive what consideration is being given to providing financial assistance toward living costs for those studying for a Diploma in Professional Legal Practice.
Questions and Answers
Date lodged:
21 September 2011
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body how many of its staff, including those employed through agencies, are paid less than the living wage of £7.20 an hour. S4O-00235
Ground 15 - ending a tenancy where one person no longer wishes to live with the other
Ground 15 applies to spouses, civil partners (or former spouses and civil partners) and, where the parties have lived together for six months, cohabitants.
Witnesses emphasised that many remand prisoners have “chaotic lives.”
The Committee notes that there are a number of factors which increase the likelihood of a person offending.
We have seen that willingness decline in some settings internationally, which threatens compliance with international human rights standards and, more importantly, affects people’s lives and how they can live them. One thing in Scotland that threatens people’s rights is our relationship to accountability.