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I encourage members to consider the recommendations in detail over the recess, during which I am sure everyone will be working very hard. Is that an attempt to get us to read the report? I see. More summer reading.
Many of the issues about which members are concerned in relation to the performance of NDPBs may not be covered by that information. Subject to the caveat that we get access to appropriate information, the approach that is suggested could be quite useful.
It is a sad fact that none of us is getting any younger. The fact is that the people of Scotland, including Nicola Sturgeon, are all getting older and, more seriously, all getting older at the same time.
The water authorities devised a scheme that sought to continue relief for church halls, youth activities and some other forms of voluntary activity, but not for village halls and activities for the elderly.
Putting that extra burden on them will get us nowhere. I hear what Gordon Jackson has to say and I will not get into a debate about how many single mothers raise delinquent children.
The rules represent a change in policy because they change the amount of short leave that a prisoner can get. The Subordinate Legislation Committee felt that it was necessary for the Executive to explain that policy.