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Mr O’Kane talked about the reduction in budgets and how the council has to spend a lot of the resource it has on cutting grass, de-littering, and so on. I did not see much in the submission about the impact of things like dog fouling and littering.
Three or four years ago, change funds were de rigueur. A private sector entity could go to Scottish Enterprise for funding to try something new or there would be some sort of angel funding to experiment with a new way of doing things.
Scotland is in many ways a harder place to be LGBT today than it was five years ago. My lapel pin was given to me by the Time for Inclusive Education campaign.
It is obviously important, and it would be good if MSPs knew more about it, because people are pinning a lot of faith on it. I can highly recommend a visit.
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Date answered:
5 November 2009
I should also add that these are the most sensitive issues that the Parliament can address and we will certainly give careful consideration to the SHRC’s points and the point about legal aid that Des McNulty has just raised.