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In the Executive's response to the recommendations of the Cubie committee, we announced that we would introduce a new package of financial support for living costs to help students from low-income families.
It describes the need to facilitate refugee and ethnic minority communities in their attempts to live in communities and to develop community identities and strengths and—through those—a voice.
Even if just the committee regards the review group's decision as inadequate, could we still call for a public inquiry? The petition remains live until we decide that it is complete.
Our awareness of the industry is often highlighted only when it intrudes in our everyday lives—when it creates traffic problems or when inconvenient scaffolding is put up.
Duncan is right to say that people do not live in neat little units. It is not simply that the lines of division are wrong but that we must question that argument all the time.
Devolution is about delivering real improvements to the quality of people's lives. Devolution is about making real improvements in the health of the people of Scotland.
One of the arguments that was put forward in the rumours that appeared in the paper was that there were concerns about the fact that those who completed their sentence might continue to live in the area. Is there any evidence of a greater incidence of sexual offences in the area as a consequence of that?
I am worried about centralisation, and how you define public and the individuals who live in it. It would be national. Let me give you a couple of examples.
In terms of what we mean by low-income households, we must consider both community charge bands and the issue that people may be on a low income, yet live in a house that does not have a low community charge band.