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I should tell him that although I am the son, grandson and great-grandson of jolly Jack Tars, I am afraid that that gene has not been passed down to me.The Scottish Government has tried to examine the issue of recreational sea angling.
I know that not to be true and that my son’s own sex was clearly observed and recorded at birth, but for that to be branded as hateful is perhaps an example of the atmosphere that we are operating in.
Many these years later I found that one of my sons was “stepping out”—to use an old-fashioned idiom; he has been for some five years now—with the daughter of one of those Jewish friends who lived across the street.
The highest levels of cleanliness must apply in our hospitals. I speak as the proud son of a hospital cleaner. It is about the dignity of patients and their wellbeing, and it is about fundamental human rights and health and safety.
It might seem that a solution to the problem would be leasing, which would mean that heavy capital expenditure would not be needed.I should put it on the record that I am involved in the motor industry—or my son is; he runs my business. We deal with accident damage, but we were previously involved in the whole range of supplying to all the sets of people in...
I must declare an interest that is already known to my colleagues. I have two sons who have graduated from university in the past year, one in media and one in graphic design.
I will leave that thought with the minister. As energy minister and the son of a former policeman from Inverkip, I am fascinated by the argument that people could get up there and see all the places where I used to play when I was a youngster, before things changed dramatically.
The child's fear of the potential consequences of that discussion can be removed.The parents must also be supported in that discussion because it can be quite traumatic to hear that one's son or daughter might be at risk of self-harm.