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I worry that making such a change would lead to a direct increase in the number of inappropriate referrals to the reporter, which would lead to a significant and unnecessary increase in the workload of reporters and cut across the principles of the getting it right for every child approach and the work around early and effective intervention.
You said that if someone was operating in a managed area, that would still not negate the criminal activities or the action taken against people who are engaged in criminal activities.
We are working with key partners to implement the physical activity strategy for Scotland, developing five-year action plans for active homes, active communities, active schools and active workpl...
From my experience of dealing with constituents as a Westminster MP, it appears to me that the Benefits Agency and the medical service that is attached to it actively discourage people from getting benefits.
That is not the purpose of the bill, so we had to establish a limit for such activities. We could have picked 10 per cent or 20 per cent of total activity, but we thought it best to pick zero per cent as the limit and to have local authorities make a case to us for why they should be involved in certain activities.