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We started with a lot of anecdotal accounts. When poverty is discussed, the first thing that people who work in deprived communities raise with me is usually the growing incidence of hunger being a problem.
At the moment, many are restricted by the turnover limit, which means that they are setting up separate legal charity lotteries, with all the administration, accounting and other costs that go with that.
The monitoring station captures everything in that street and the modelling that has been done on air quality in Hope Street takes account of that. The modelling is not skewed by the fact that the taxis are so close to the monitoring station.
If, by “effectively”, you mean that the tail would be shortened, that would be possible, but that does not take into account the holistic side of the issue, which is about the pain that the puppies may experience.
At what point in the process will the cabinet secretary outline the cuts that will have to be made to the Scottish budget to take account of the up to £189 million less that will be in the budget as a result of the introduction of a policy of reducing ADT by 50 per cent?
In a global market, companies and individuals face a huge challenge from competitors whose education systems lay great emphasis on the acquisition of numeracy skills.
Action might include writing to the Cabinet Secretary for Justice, to invite his response on the points that the commissioner raised in her report and, in particular, to ask whether the Government accepts the commissioner’s findings and will ensure that systems are put in place to take account of the guidance that she issued.
However, I must reiterate that it is for the planning authority to take such matters into account when determining the planning application, and I have no locus to intervene.
Will the group’s views be taken into account on which parts of the curriculum would be of best use for the Scots language and which organisations would be best placed to help in that provision?