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I ask the minister to consider the other poverty alleviation measures that the committee has discussed, such as breakfast clubs and entitlement to school meals over the holiday period, as well as further work at pre-school level.
I cannot understand why such transparency would be a problem, and we need to strengthen that part of the bill. When someone opens a bank account, they have to prove who they are and that they will not use it for fraudulent purposes and the like.
The other two principles are that it would be paid to individuals, not to households, and that it would be paid at regular intervals through cash being paid by bank transfer, for example. As I mentioned, we would test two levels of income.
We have had similar conversations around stimulating demand for the products of the Scottish Investment Bank. Awareness of such products is one thing, but whether we have the right products to fit the needs of businesses is another.
I am glad that Adam Tomkins has given us all permission to disagree with him—I will bank that for future use. I thought that he had effectively confirmed that he was supporting votes at 16.
The first option was to change the date of an existing bankholiday to that of St Andrew's day, which we interpreted for the purposes of the research as substituting a holiday.
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20 November 2014