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I say clearly to Jenny Marra that I hope that, on an issue that is so important to the city of Dundee, we can have cross-party unity and get behind the potential of that great city.
That will mean that folk who want to get to work in Edinburgh will not be able to catch a train between 7.46 and 8.26, so they will have to drop their children at school at 7.20 or be late for work and risk being sacked.
Even if there were no financial imperatives, the vast majority of principals and those involved in further education in Scotland would say that reform was overdue. We need to reform and focus on getting the college system better aligned with the labour market and ensuring that we are not wasting money.
If Drew Smith wants to contact me about specific cases in relation to his point about sick pay, I will undertake to get them reviewed as a matter of urgency.
We are trying to pursue the matter and if we get a good response from the United Kingdom Government on the implications of its changes, it will be easier for us to deal with overcrowding on existing services.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
21 March 2016
For LGBT people specifically, the clearest demonstration of this will be in December 2014 when same sex couples can get married in Scotland for the first time.