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Incorporation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
The Scottish Government states: "we want to make Scotland the best place in the world for a child to grow up".
Special attention was also given to the topic of ethnicity for 2011, to identify the best question not only for the census but also for use in other government surveys.ivPolicy Memorandum, p. 2.
However, if really big changes to our best understanding of the current emissions levels keep on occurring, it might be necessary at some future point to adjust the targets.
Where compensation is awarded by the court, and the solicitor does not advise acceptance of periodical payments, the court must agree that this is in the pursuer's "best interests".
Where compensation is paid as a result of an agreement between the parties, an independent actuary must agree that payment in a lump sum is in the pursuer's "best interests".
That could lead to problems in achieving best value through partnership working, ultimately devaluing best value and undermining partnership working practices.
If the best-value audit is successful, it should be rolled out to the whole public sector, not only local government; the rest of the public sector should be held to account under the best-value regime.
At the last UK general election, the Labour party made a manifesto commitment to replace CCT with a system of best value. In 1999, the final report of the best value task force was published.