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Immigration inquiry
The Committee built on its earlier work on EU Migration and EU Citizens’ Rights by initiating an inquiry to explore how the UK’s immigration policy can best respond to Scotland’s demographic and skills needs.
This approach is to ensure that the best decision is taken at the time of a change in management, and to also take into account that there may be further changes in the future.
The Scottish Biodiversity Forum, of which the Executive is a member, has recently published guidance for public bodies on the integration of biodiversity conservation into their Best Value policies entitled Best Value and Biodiversity in Scotland.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will encourage local authorities and all other public bodies to put Remploy and Blind Workshops on their list if suppliers to compete for contracts under the Best Value regime. In pursuing Best Value local authorities should consider all routes to service improvement.
As part of its research on best practice, the project team has already visited a number of public sector sites, and consulted with the National Archives of Scotland and the Public Record Office.
Those that remain are challenging, but we are doing our best to achieve them. One of the more challenging commitments that remains must be the commitment to deliver free dental checks for all by 2007.
The information available on what is happening in this area appears to be general. The best way forward is to write to the Executive and ask it for specific details about what it is doing in relation to both gender equality and dealing with anti-Semitism in schools.
Some conveners expressed concern either because they had not seen the proposal beforehand or because they felt that their committees were best placed to decide who should be invited to give evidence and when.