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As a quick aside, I do not wish to seem too competitive, but my grandmother, who lived to 104, used to make us unwrap our Christmas presents carefully and then fold up the paper for next year.In your opening remarks, you mentioned new manufacturing opportunities.
You say that“there appears to have been little assessment of why homes lay empty for significant periods of time”.I live in a close in which a flat on the bottom floor sat empty for ages.
I disagree that cost is not an issue for people who would like to become silver surfers. For elderly people living on a pension, £15 or £16 a month is quite a chunk of their income.
For all of us, jobs are the way in which we will change people’s lives, and we have to do so. I acknowledge and value all the conversations on social enterprise, but it is the mainstream that will make the fundamental difference.
In my view, if the UK Government fails to recognise the distinctive Scottish position in what are crucial negotiations, it will have to live with the consequences. I do not think that the farming community in Scotland will put up with such a veto any longer.
Many daily actions that those of us who do not live with disabilities take for granted can create an incredible challenge in the daily lives of those who have disabilities.
They are human beings the same as us and they deserve to be treated the same as we are treated. They live and work in our communities and should be afforded exactly the same access to services as everyone else who lives and works here.
We will all require such services at some point in our lives. As I understand it, the evidence suggests that St Margaret's hospice provides high-quality services.