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There is no legal or statutory definition of a public holiday in Scotland, but momentum is building around the importance of celebrating our national day, St Andrew’s day, throughout Scotland.
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason its draft social security charter has not been published, and by what date it will be. The draft social security charter was laid for Parliamentary approval on 10 January 2019.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
21 September 2016
There are ways to get around that, using wide wording and allowing flexibility to make adjustments to the legislation at a later date. Inaudible.—changes in terminology and so forth be in the bill at this point.
From my discussions with the representatives of the bus industry to date, it would be fair to say that they are acutely aware of the fact that they provide lifeline services in many rural communities.