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The group is due to report in February 2022. I do not agree with the Prime Minister that it is possible at this stage to rule out the need for a stand-alone offence of misogyny.
As you know, the UK Government has introduced legislation to suspend the triple-lock formula for calculating the amount by which state pensions and benefits that are linked to earnings should be uprated for the year 2022-23. The Social Security (Up-rating of Benefits) Bill was introduced on 8 September.
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Date answered:
4 November 2025
Otherwise that duty falls to Ministers.It is therefore recommended that, prior to the setting up date, full consideration is given to where this responsibility should lie.
Since 2005, the company has been provided with £3 million in equity and loans by the Scottish Investment Bank, representing an 18.2 per cent stake in the company.
We will also use those workforce planning efforts to make better use of a staff bank system and framework contract when supplementary staff are needed.
I will not go down the “I am the evidence” route, but I was disappointed that, on the same date, you asked a question that speculated on what might happen to energy bills in an independent Scotland.
The commissioner’s comments are not material for the purposes of the report, but we might want to explore the issue further with the commissioner at a later date. Would that be valuable to members?
Nothing reflects that better than the sharp increase in the use of food banks across Scotland. The Trussell Trust has reported that 117,689 people visited its Scottish food banks in 2014-15.
A ferry fare is an extra cost that is always tacked on to a holiday, an educational trip, a hospital visit, a shopping trip or a visit to spend time with family and friends.
The consent for opencast mining in my colleague Finlay Carson’s part of the country resulted in a substantial improvement in the quality of the water and the banks of the River Nith, which resulted in a dramatic rise in the number of salmon that were making it up the river to spawn.