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The members of that group accept, like everyone does, that the need to protect the national health service is at the forefront of decision making, and I know that they want to do the right thing, but they are right to ask whether or how they can move tier when the final determination is based on factors outside their...
With families, and with those who, rightly, speak up for their loved ones, we will try to get it as right as possible, and to get back as quickly as possible to a position that people want to be in.
We know that some of the actions that are needed to help people right now, at the point of crisis, such as expanding winter care shelter provisions, are not the right answers for the long term.
Private prosecutions are, and should remain, exceptionally rare in Scotland. Responsibility for decisions on whether or not to prosecute alleged criminal offences in Scotland rests clearly with the Crown.
Good morning and welcome to the eighth meeting in 2014 of the City of Edinburgh Council (Portobello Park) Bill Committee. Our only agenda item is completion of the bill’s consideration stage.As members know, last week a number of amendments by interested parties were suggested for lodging.
I cannot say what its precise membership will be, but it will be drawn from key stakeholders, and I assure Bill Bowman that veterans organisations will be fully engaged in it.
The discounts are confusing and restrictive—people have to travel off-peak and they have to spend more than £12. I think that Scotland’s young people deserve better investment in discounted travel.