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At a time when many businesses and families are facing challenges that the recession has brought, it is imperative that the Government responds effectively and decisively to support them.
However, the issue is significant and needs to be addressed.In responding to the recession, which has been touched on in speeches, we acknowledge that the Scottish Government has announced some measures.
Although we do not have a specific completion date, we hope that a new place standard will be agreed by the end of this year and that it can then be rolled out to local authority colleagues.
Amendment 69 deals with matters associated with the bill’s provisions for reappointment of a trustee, where assets are discovered at a later date. It provides that an inhibition can be imposed anew or renewed from the reappointment of the trustee, thereby safeguarding assets that vest in the trustee for the benefit of all creditors.
That is an important principle and it is fundamental to the ecosystems approach that we are taking and to improving ecosystem health.To date, we have seen 240 national development proposals for NPF3, including the establishment of a national ecological network.
Is that the only way forward, or can the CJAs be improved through guidance, as has just been talked about? I am happy to clarify the dates that are involved. As you said, the act was passed in 2005.
We are working closely with the services and all the staff associations and unions to achieve a start date of 1 April 2013. We will need strong leaders to lead the services into the future.