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The Scottish Government recognises more than ever, the importance of people with mental health problems getting the right help, at the right time and in the right place.
However, I am afraid that anything that we do as an alternative to Erasmus+ will never quite be as good as that programme in the European Union. Those in Scotland know that the only way that Scotland will be able to rejoin the European Union is as an independent nation.
I welcome Robert Samson, passenger manager, Passenger Focus; Bill Ure, member of Passengers’ View Scotland; Anne MacLean, convener, Mobility and Access Committee for Scotland; Ken Sutherland, research and media officer, Railfuture Scotland; and John Brandon, convener, Friends of the Far North Line.
Have we been able to recover any of that £24 million a year, or have we come to any agreement on the matter? The VAT situation was declared right at the beginning when the SPA and Police Scotland were set up as non-departmental government bodies.
Benefit Take-up: The Committee took evidence from—
Judith Paterson, Head of Advice and Rights (Scotland), Child Poverty Action Group;
Richard Gass, Chair, Rights Advice Scotland;
David Wallace, Chief Executive, Social Security Scotland.
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The cabinet secretary will be well aware of the demands from across Mid Scotland and Fife, including from many businesses and the chambers of commerce, for an upgraded rail link between Edinburgh and Perth, which is surely in line with the Scottish Government’s commitment to a green recovery.
On the payment to coach operators which is going ahead in Scotland, given that coaches travel across the border and work on a pan-UK basis, I had asked the UK Government for a UK scheme, but the UK Government declined.
(Scotland) Act 1994.
Sections 1 and 2 of the bill propose changing term lengths to five years for both the Scottish Parliament and for local government in Scotland.
I saw a figure recently that suggested that the amount of money that is coming out of the benefit system in Scotland in this session of Parliament is equivalent to what we spend on Police Scotland in its entirety.