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There are organisations that do benchmarking exercises on what it means to be effective, such as the World Bank and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation.
I agree with Coll’s point that there is a fear that, next week and after the holidays, when we supposedly go back to school full time, there will be a lot of assessments and all that.
It is not as though it was some lifelong friend or the child had known the dogs—the family were on holiday. That was stupidity. Anyone with common sense would not have allowed that to happen. 10:45 I have another question.
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Date answered:
13 November 2007
Scottish Government employees have been given the option of swappingan existing holiday for a half day holiday on St Andrew’s Day and we areworking with organisations across Scotland to raise theprofile of our national day.
Can you guarantee to the committee that, in negotiations with banks on NPD borrowing up to this date, there has been no increase as a result of the uncertainty about the currency?
Whether we are talking about corporate banking, small business banking or retail banking—the kind of banking that Virgin Money is involved in—credit is the lubricant that keeps the system flowing.
There is a lot of debate at the moment about increased use of food banks as well as concerns about the availability of support and social security payments now.
Separately, the committee may wish to note that it would have been useful had the order’s planned timing allowed a period of longer than two sitting days between the date when it was laid before the Parliament and the date when the provisions were brought into force, to afford the committee the opportunity to scrutinise the order before the commencement date.
The bank will also have a wider role, and I want to ensure that any funding that is offered through financial transactions via the agricultural programme will not double-fund activities—that would not be appropriate—nor offer products that compete with the Scottish national investment bank.