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Each board has developed, or is developing, a policy on paternal leave based on the model PIN Policy, including the mechanisms for monitoring implementation.
It is useful to have an open discussion at this point. It is too early to pin down the issues and decide exactly what we should do, but it is useful to explore them.
I do not believe that Governments pursue economic growth for its own sake; I believe that they pursue it because they see it as a way to increase the prosperity of their country and the living standards of their people. It is true that it is hard to pin down the words that we use when we talk about “the purpose of sustainable economic growth” or “focusin...
However, in the view of the Scottish ministers, a balance must be struck between that and social and environmental considerations, without sight being lost of either. I want to pin you down on this. Do you expect the yield from the assets to reduce as a result of the new focus?
You say that there are a range of measures that you might consider using to see whether current NDR measures are causing that economic boost to businesses in the wider economy, but you did not pin down precisely what you would look at.
There are so many variables and there is so much uncertainty in play that it is hard to pin down the scale. Even the chancellor is unwilling to make decisions before he has the OBR figures.
For that reason, I ask Mr Fraser to moderate and de-weaponise his language and to use the language in the bill and proposed legislation, instead of using the terms that he has used.
Most businesses are trying to move towards automation, introduce new technology and innovate, and that does not necessarily lead to an increase in jobs.