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Therefore I ask her, as my convener, whether that will get me credits for next week.Dispersal remains an issue to which we could apply, at best, that bastard verdict of Scots law, the not proven verdict.
The voluntary sector can deliver quality services that meet best value, but there must be more discussion and open dialogue between the sector and local government.
The issue is that we need to begin to get the work done. The best way to do that is to bring back to the committee a paper that sets out how we might achieve that work.
The report envisages an idealised process under which you consider the experience of the benefits that have been obtained so far, derive from that a best buy or series of best buys, and choose those as your priorities.
I would be interested to hear from West Lothian Council—which I congratulate on its work in this area—about the challenges that it faced in implementing some of those ideas. Best practice could be shared.I congratulate the young people on their delivery.
We rely on the police to advise us on the best way in which to deal with such people, not to endanger life unnecessarily but to ensure that we can go about our normal business.