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We hope that we already have very good practice in our refuges, not least because many Scottish Women's Aid workers will at some point have lived in a refuge. We believe that any of us could be abused and could end up living in a refuge.
The moneys that disabled people receive are not nearly enough to cover their living expenses, let alone the adaptations that they need to live a normal life.
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Date answered:
20 November 2000
Of these, 215 individuals lived within 5km of a wind farm, 108 lived over 5km but less than 10km from a wind farm and 107 lived over 10km but less than 20km from a wind farm.
I want us to be a country that welcomes others to come and live and work here".What assistance has the First Minister had from the Home Office in implementing that laudable ambition?
Observing in passing that the microphones go live whether or not we put our cards in the consoles, I wonder if we could ask our legal adviser whether there is any precedent for a mechanism that involves a procedure for the initial stage or the initial introduction of a plan, with the possibility of subsequent revisions.
I accept Alasdair Morgan's point that the issue probably is not relevant, other than for the saddest anoraks, but we have a duty to the sad anoraks as well as to ordinary people with lives. There should be consistency and best practice should always be followed, especially if it helps to clarify where an instrument sits in the scheme of legislation.