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Some would claim that, for many people, that would not have broken the bank, but the fee could have been 65p for all I care—the issue is not how much it was but the message that it sent out to people.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
29 November 2012
The final Ferries Plan, due to be published before the end of the year, will set out the Scottish Government's plans for the future of ferry services across Scotland until 2022. S4W-11464
The Final Ferries Plan will provide details of future investment and of how we will ensure that funding priorities can be met over the period of the Ferries Plan to 2022. The completed Final Ferries Plan will be published later this year.
The regulations extend the expiry date of the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Directions by Local Authorities) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 from 31 January 2021 to 31 March 2021.
We want to move as expediently and diligently as we can, with the coming-into-force date in September and the implementation of the regulations thereafter.
The purpose of the Labour amendment is to recognise the positives of our approach to date, and to highlight the importance of meaningful consultation as part of the Government’s review.
There are a couple of historical systemic or structural issues, which I suggest Stephanie Phillips explains to you. I will give a more up-to-date sense of what we are doing at the moment.
There is a duty to provide information and the keeper can carry out some level of validation with regard to addresses that are inputted, such as a check that a postcode exists or that the date of birth is feasible. However, it is less easy to verify information and so, for example, find out whether an address is false or the date of birth is incorrect.
Our efforts on smoking rates have been bold, and remarkable progress has been made to date, which illustrates that when we take an ambitious approach, regardless of which political party champions it, we can ensure that we bring about real and tangible improvements.