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I refer Iain Gray to paragraph 2.3 of the Scottish ministerial code concerning legal advice, its assistance and its publication. Perhaps I can help him by citing some authorities.
Again, there are probably issues for local authority staff around the complexities of those rights and responsibilities, who they should give homelessness assistance to and who should not get that assistance.
How many of the schools that the Government is promising to have completed by the end of this parliamentary session will be part of the Government's school building programme rather than council programmes?
The Advice and Assistance and Legal Aid (Online Applications etc) (Scotland) Regulations 2011 are undoubtedly sensible, but I put on the record that it occurred to me to wonder what will happen when computers crash.
Advice and Assistance and Civil Legal Aid (Financial Conditions and Contributions) (Scotland) Regulations 2010 (Draft) I draw members’ attention to the draft regulations and the cover note on them, which is paper J/S3/10/10/1.
If we adopted a higher standard, it might greatly assist risk assessment and therefore greatly assist in removing the unfortunate discrimination against gay men.
We are not complacent—we know that we can do more and we continue to work with our local authority partners to ensure that the fund gets out to everyone who requires assistance from it. I am happy to take questions.
That, too, is being supported: it is receiving £15,000 from the community food fund to assist with development, and there will be match funding for that exciting, innovative initiative from the local council.