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Earnings and Arrestment In response to our recommendations that earnings arrestments take account of people’s circumstances, we note the Scottish Government is “currently exploring the impact of introducing greater flexibility to the amount of money 1 taken in an earnings arrestment and any further action that may be taken.”
The business case was accompanied by a detailed workforce plan and, after meeting with the Acting Commissioner to discuss the case (and taking into account the issues raised by the Auditor General in his Section 22 report), the SPCB agreed to provide funding to enable the Commissioner to recruit an additional 7.4 FTE staff.
It would be helpful to receive a response from your department updating us on the review and on how views such as those of the petitioner are being taken into account. The Committee also agreed that it would be helpful to have a better understanding of the current evidence base relating to safety implications for wheelchair positioning in buses and, in part...
As you are aware, the Committee, in its Stage 1 report, agreed that effective oversight of the good food nation policy, and accountability for the statutory good food nation plans, are essential to achieving the good food nation ambitions.
Perhaps the industry’s nadir, arguable when the scale of general suffering within it is taken into account. It is demonstrable that the greyhound racing industry is rife with suffering, and disregard for the welfare, wellbeing and intrinsic worth of these dogs.
At its meeting on 19 April the Committee heard evidence from two witness panels on what is and should be being done to ensure children’s voices are not just heard but properly taken account of within the court’s decision-making process.
ONS allocates organisations with similar characteristics to sectors within the national accounts framework. At this time, Scottish Canals were already classified to the central government sector (as a body referenced as an NDPB in your letter) from 1 July 2012, the date the British Waterways Board order came into force.
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I trust the Committee will note the recent legal precedent as outlined in the updated submission from MBM and the legal requirement for all public bodies to take account of this. My main reason for making this submission is a significant gap in the evidence being presented around this debate.