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ADES members make strategic decisions in where best to direct funding to and enable/empower schools to do their best for all our children and young people.
As the notification indicated, if there is no deal the necessary reciprocity through EU provisions cannot be achieved and relying on reciprocal international conventions is the best alternative, given the circumstances.
The Scottish Government stated it will ask that the independent economic impact analysis consider the best way to design a robust monitoring and evaluation framework so that this can be put in place for assessing the socio-economic and environmental impacts of ADT in the future.
The new SPSO will need to make progress on that, and on the sharing of best practice.Before I come to the new appointment, let me join other members in thanking Alice Brown for the role that she has played.
The Scottish Government's view was that a common framework quickly achieved through the legislation would be best. Therefore, the bill extends to Scotland on a devolved matter in territorial waters.
Nicol Stephen should have reminded members that the acting leader of the Liberal Democrats, Mr Tavish Scott, seemed to do his level best to stop the Parliament allocating that £100 million to colleges and universities.
I ask again: is it the Government’s position that any extension of patient rights—such as the waiting time guarantee—is best placed in the bill rather than in a charter and that, rather than amending the charter to make it work, you are amending the charter to ensure that it does not mess things up?