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We must examine our experiences to date. No prisoner has gone to the prison ombudsman about being incarcerated in Peterhead because it is too far away.
The advice that I received demonstrates that that area is enormously complicated, for the reasons that I have illustrated, involving birth dates, particular entitlements and interactions with the school system as currently constructed.
So far, our ideas have had a most encouraging reception when we have discussed them with everyone involved—the banks, the manufacturers and the big commercial operators.
The amendments are about preventing the raiding of the children's piggy bank. They are intended to stop the Government directing Scottish Water to give it what is Scottish Water's cash.
I hope that Miss Goldie has received my letter to her in which I said that we intend to hold such a debate. Determining its date is rightly a matter for the Parliamentary Bureau.
Last week I pointed out the difference between the date specified for implementation of the directive and the date on which the regulations will come into force.
Can he guarantee that, in keeping IT in schools up to date, the Executive will retain its aims of the pursuit of equality and the elimination of poverty?