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We have a little bit to do at our end in getting our data as up to date as we would like them to be—and as they need to be—but benefits are arising from the process.
If there were more of a gap between the final date for lodging stage 3 amendments and the debate, there would be more time to anticipate where the difficulties might arise.
That would not necessarily be a bad thing if that is the intention, but it might have repercussions. The Royal Bank of Scotland might suffer the financial disadvantage, rather than the public utility company.
There is a proposal to remove the renewal date for licences. That date can be a focal point for objectors, who are often residents suffering the consequences of behaviour around particular premises.
As we know, section 72 of the bill will "come into force …at the end of that period of five years which begins with the date of Royal Assent", or at an earlier date.
The proposals for a mandatory punishment element and a definite end date give prison staff a definite time frame in which to work for the rehabilitation of serious offenders.
We are engaging with all people who come to Scotland and who book holidays here to advise and inform them of the danger that is associated with their bringing in the disease.
However, such an assessment report—which could be out of date, partial or misleading—should not form the whole basis of the education authority's assessment of the child.