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There is a UK-wide debate on the issue, and a thorough debate is taking place south of the border on the possible impact on those who are teaching, working or studying in school buildings that may be affected by asbestos. PE1268, by Catherine Mitchell on behalf of St Gilbert’s primary school and all schools in the west of Scotland, is on asbestos management...
I welcome the belated commitment that UK Government has made. It may have taken it 12 years, and it has announced it just a few months before a UK general election, but we have finally got there—it has agreed to the principle of establishing an ombudsman.
In my constituency air-guns cause havoc and harm. The cabinet secretary may be interested to know that F division of Lothian and Borders police reports that there were 40 incidents in West Lothian over the past year.
It emphasised the need for local areas to have good-quality shared information about current and future demand for the services and supports that people with autism may require. It included positive evaluations of successful models of services to address the range of needs.
We have sent reminders to the Scottish Government, but to no avail. After my comments today, there may be a mad scramble to respond. I look forward to that.
It is detailed and complicated, and it is important that members of all committees are aware of the subject. There may be nothing on which the Equal Opportunities Committee can contribute at the moment because there are no green papers that we could feed into, but I wondered whether we should timetable a session to look at the annual reports, such as the an...
We will expect the council to act on any recommendations that the Social Work Inspection Agency may make and we will expect to see the results of that action through the new outcome-based monitoring approaches that we will develop with our local authority partners.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
25 February 2011
For those species not covered by General licence No.2/2010, individual licences may be sought from the Scottish Government to kill or take any wild bird species, or badgers, for the same purpose.