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That strategy was based on a policy of the 1960s, which it took the best part of 40 years to implement. In a Glasgow context, implementing it took us more than a decade.
The Minister agreed with the sentiment but suggested that legislation might not be the best way to achieve the desired outcomes; she said that, prior to any future Act being brought into force, the Scottish Government would give "careful consideration to how best system readiness could be established in a timely mann...
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Certain respondents to the call for views argued that doctors were not necessarily the best placed category of professionals to assess coercion.
It calls on the Scottish Government to continue providing support to enable examples of best practice in collaboration between youth workers and schools to be more widely disseminated across the country.
Committee reports
Date published:
19 November 2021
He had no specific proposal to offer on how the Parliament could best scrutinise the exercise of delegated powers in devolved areas that do not fall within areas formerly within EU competence before the UK fully withdrew from the EU.
Some feedback we received
“The team at Parliament were fantastic to work with - very accommodating to what would suit our local organisations and individuals best. Would definitely be interested in working together again.”
On a related point of accessibility, when referring to the illustrative draft regulations on Best Start Grant provided to the Committee, the Minister recognised at the Committee's evidence session that—
“while [they] are drafted in a logical order and in fairly plain English” “[o]f course it will not be accessible to everyone.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
22 September 2010
Scottish Opera has a responsibility to look at ways to make best use of its resources. How this is achieved is a matter for Scottish Opera''s management and board, in full consultation with staff and unions.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that the best interests of the people in the Western Isles would be served by allowing Sunday sailings between Stornoway and the mainland and access to local facilities such as sports facilities.