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He has mentioned visas and NICs, but does he accept that chronic underfunding of Scotland-domiciled students is contributing to the financial crises at the University of Edinburgh and throughout Scotland’s higher education institutions?
He has mentioned visas and NICs, but does he accept that chronic underfunding of Scotland-domiciled students is contributing to the financial crises at the University of Edinburgh and throughout Scotland’s higher education institutions?
(S6O-04149) Domestic abuse is abhorrent, which is why we are providing record levels of funding to vital front-line services to support survivors. We fund Scotland’s domestic abuse and forced marriage helpline to ensure that round-the-clock specialist advice is available.
That work contributes to the delivery of the equally safe strategy, which is Scotland’s strategy for preventing and eradicating violence against women and girls.
Of course, it is up to the UK Government whether it thinks that such a committee should be established, but people in Scotland have a legitimate right to make representations to this Parliament that we can forward to any appropriate body.
We should continue the petition; the proposed community empowerment and renewal bill could raise further issues to do with how we should proceed.In his response, the petitioner has asked why certain trees are not included in the current planting programme.
The bill provides that football banning orders that are issued by courts in England and Wales apply to matches that are played in Scotland and makes it an offence to breach such an order in Scotland.
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Date answered:
4 February 2016