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The Scottish Government described the law relating to justifiable assault, and then referred to two cases where parents had been convicted of an offence after hitting their children.6Scottish Government. (2016, March). Convention on the Rights of the Child - SG response to list of issues.
The consultation
The Scottish Government consulted on the draft Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Bill between 5 January 2017 and 13 March 20171Scottish Government. (2017, January 5).
We need to bear in mind the reduction in the number of support staff that has already taken place; 250 such staff have gone between March and November this year. If 190 police officers can go to bring us down to the 1,000, are we talking about 400 or 500 support staff?
Let us look at the timescale: the bill will be approved towards the end of the year, the contracts will go out to tender a few months after that, and they will be signed in March or April 2011. Let me see, what am I doing in March and April 2011?
There is total consistency.Beyond that, we have a comprehensive programme around our 10 energy pledges, which were published in March; a progress report is due soon.
There does not seem to be a clear explanation about why they were provided with or had access to information only on 13 March 2009. You could come back to the committee on that.
I quote again from his words of 18 March 1968. He said:"Gross national product does not allow for the health of our children, the quality of their education, or the joy of their play.
We accept, however, the concept of prioritising projects, as set out in the Lib Dem amendment, although that is a little ironic. In March 2007, Tavish Scott was asked to publish a list, in priority order, of the then Government's transport projects.