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Lupus UK runs local meetings that provide information and assistance for those with the disease. Medical staff and the lupus nurse specialist contribute to those meetings.
10:15 Most provisions in respect of pensions are reserved to Westminster, but the Scottish Government has some executive devolution in relation to pension schemes for the police, the fire service, local government employees, teachers and another group that I have forgotten.
My question is about subcontractors, suppliers and employees. You indicated in the written update that 60 per cent of the subcontractor opportunities and 87 per cent of the principal contract supply opportunities have gone to Scottish companies.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
16 March 2010
That is particularly the case with the employee of the NHS, whose submission indicated that she pursued the issue with great bravery, under much strain and stress.
At a time when much of our legislative programme has had to be dropped, this bill has been prioritised and a commencement date is made clear in the bill.
We need a systematic study into the impact that the branch and ATM closure programmes are having. What impact is the establishment of a basic banking provision having on the Scottish economy?