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The national perspective might be, "We have given out the money with the best of intentions, but it is down to the local organisations to meet their obligations."
Linking this to the discussion on measurement and accountability, she argued that commissioning and procurement could offer the best means of measuring progress:
[...] we could track the way that care is procured and whether that enables good terms and conditions to be offered to paid carers in the public, private and third sectors.
You and I have people who are homeless come to us regularly. We do our best to get them a house and a secure tenancy so that they can move on from that homelessness status.
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Date published:
28 December 2019
Graham Wynn of the British Retail Consortium felt that "businesses and consumers are best kept separate or you will divert attention from one to the other and the situation becomes less clear."
Let me take you on to pillar 2 support, where the comparison between the UK figure and the figures for the rest of the EU is even more stark. How can Scotland make the best case for receiving payments on the basis of need as opposed to on an historical basis?
We feel that the split of income that is detailed at the lower end of the scale gives us the best gauge of the differential effects of poverty on different groups.
To respond to Christine Grahame's question, I would be happy to work with the Health and Sport Committee to consider how we can reassure it that progress is being made.The best test of that progress is how many additional staff have been recruited.
We think that class size reduction is one of the best ways of doing that and that Glasgow, of all places, needs major improvements in its young people's educational experience.