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I am saying, in a friendly way, to the Scottish Government, "Do your best. We, as Liberal Democrats, will support you whenever we believe that you are backing the best interests of the children."
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
6 December 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how much it will cost to deliver the 2007 SNP manifesto commitment to double the number of school nurses. We are currentlyconsidering how best to increase nursing and other healthcare capacity inschools.
(S3O-13056) The Scottish Government prefers biomass to be deployed in heat-only or combined heat and power schemes, particularly off gas grid, at a scale that is appropriate to make best use of both the available heat and local supply.With the Minister for Enterprise, Energy and Tourism and my officials, I have regularly met representatives of the forestry ...
It is clear that there is some dissension and dispute, both in the ranks and in our communities, about what the best structure is. As a Government, we are convinced that the current structures are untenable and that we require to go forward, whether that is to a single service or a regional model.We want to reach consensus.
The committee is proposing amendments to standing orders to reflect the 2010 act, mainly in relation to the new titles of Public Standards Commissioner for Scotland and Public Appointments Commissioner for Scotland.A further new provision is proposed to reflect that members of the Standards Commission for Scotland will be appointed by the SPCB rather than by Scottish ministers.The final change that the committee recommends is to update standing orders to meet current best...
Such judgments are always difficult to make, but in the circumstances, to follow the best medical advice of the committee that has been established to give that advice seems to be the sensible and proper thing to do.
We also need to recall that the 2007 level was artificially high and unsustainable at the best of times, let alone in the present financial circumstances.However, I stress that evidence now shows that we have turned the corner on teacher unemployment.