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People will think that poindings and warrant sales may be abolished only after three years, yet that date was plucked out of thin air. I do not think that Donald Gorrie was thinking of three years specifically—he could have said two years.
Given that the group on race issues had already done a report, I felt that it would be appropriate to allow other groups to meet without having to find convenient dates for members with an interest in more than one area.
I trust that ministers will ensure that those measures are rigorously enforced and, possibly, tightened at a later date, if that is deemed to be necessary.
ROSPA collates best practice information and home safety Scotland has a website that keeps us up to date with what everyone is doing in their different ways.
I confirm that the analogue signal will not be switched off until six months after the switch-over date. That back-up will be put in place.As well as increasing access to digital services, switch-over will greatly increase consumer choice and allow more services to be made available to the public.
There could be technical elements, and progress might be much quicker if we have one person talking to a Commission department, as opposed to our waiting for Commission officials to find a date in their diaries when they can come to Scotland.
However, what a medical graduate learns this year could be out of date next year or the year after. Therefore, the need for continuing professional development and real lifelong learning is the third challenge.The fourth challenge is in research.