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Scottish Development International is a key international agency and should have taken into account the decision made by Parliament in January 2009 about the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
Our investments will all be undertaken in an environment in which the Government accounts will conform to the international financial reporting standards.
The third question is, that motion S3M-788, in the name of Jackie Baillie, on holding the SNP Government to account, as amended, be agreed to. Are we agreed?
Some arrangements do not involve the layperson’s perspective or, if they do, they do not include the older person’s perspective. Why do people who represent the lay perspective not have voting rights on the integration boards?
I urge the Scottish Government to follow the United Kingdom Government’s lead and lay out clearly in legislation that mental and physical ill health are recognised equally.
I appreciate Joan McAlpine’s intervention, but it is important that we concentrate on what the Scottish Government is doing with its budget instead of looking at what is happening elsewhere and laying blame elsewhere. The Scottish index of multiple deprivation shows that only 68 per cent of those adults who live in the most deprived 20 per cent of areas ha...
We are much clearer now about what the relationship should be, and we can lay that out even more clearly to ensure that colleges have a role to play in supporting young people in vocational qualifications without interfering with the broad general education that is taking place.
I am using the word “governance” to separate that point from the debate about structure. It is about governance and accountability. I do not know how you give school leaders increased freedom unless you increase accountability at the same time.