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Over the past four years, we have made progress in tackling violence, gangs and knife crime, but violent crime continues to devastate families and waste lives. I am absolutely clear that we all need to continue working in a united way to tackle Scotland’s blade culture wherever it occurs.We have made dealing with organised criminal gangs a priority.
It cannot have escaped anyone's attention that there is real pressure on the cost of living for families. I saw a report on the television the other day that people are moving away from buying organic produce and returning to, for want of a better term, traditional produce.
However, the wording of amendment 29 does not take away from the fact that it is clear from communities and people who live in the relevant areas that jobs are not going to them.
To ask the Scottish Government whether, in deciding its international development expenditure, it takes into account how developing countries balance meeting the needs and interests of business with those of people living in poverty. S4O-03190
One of the things that the board will now be examining is why that process did not pick up some of the stuff that became quite clear over a particular weekend of operation, once the system went live. As you know, it is difficult to fully replicate a live environment, so systems can be fully tested only once you pres...
As far as our planet’s future is concerned, the sheer number of people who live in Commonwealth countries gives youth the opportunity to work together to discover new ways for our social, political and economic structures to develop.
It is increasingly clear that we are facing a cost-of-living crisis—that is something that the CAB is taking action on, and it affects young people, too.
Unless we recognise that we will be able to keep industry in Europe only if we produce the same products using less energy, less water, fewer raw materials and products that are reusable and recyclable, we are living in a world that does not exist.
The strategy, which has been developed with carers, will make a valuable contribution not only to their everyday lives but to the lives of cared-for people across Scotland.