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In the short term and in the current environment, in which we are struggling with economic recovery and the impact of recession and youth unemployment, we will not be able in 2011-12 and 2012-13 to meet demand for students and the budget challenges without having a direct impact on learners, however much reform might bring savings and efficiencies in the fu...
Despite that, we have been told that the Government expects the bill to be passed by 30 June at the Parliament’s final meeting before recess. I share Christine Grahame’s concern that appropriate time for considering the issues is not being allocated either to the chamber or to the Justice Committee.Surely one difficulty with the bill is how we will assess c...
For once, alcohol has become less affordable simply because of the impact of the recession on people’s incomes. Would not the data have been collected in 2007-08 rather than in 2009?
Over the summer that dialogue will continue with our major stakeholders and after the summer recess we will come back to the Public Audit Committee with a proposed programme of performance audits, which will take into account the views of Parliament as expressed by the Public Audit Committee itself and through the Public Audit Committee as a gatekeeper for ...
Whether comments are taken up seems to revolve around the recesses, and we have to figure out some way of ensuring that that rather poor excuse for not taking up comments is not used.
The forum is considering the issue of debt in the round, but particularly how we respond to the problems that are thrown up by the recession, especially for those who lose their job as a result of the recession and through no fault of their own.
We take out that message whenever the Parliament is in recess. I have taken it to Canada and its provinces, many states in the United States, Norway, Russia and Brussels; all of Europe has been involved.
I am happy, however, to bring forward the terms of a debate after the summer recess. There will, throughout the legislative process, be plenty of opportunity to discuss the matter, for ample scrutiny and to debate many of the issues.