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Thank you for giving evidence to the committee today.Budget Process Budget Process All members should have received a short paper. We do not yet know on which date the Deputy Minister for Communities and the Minister for Finance will appear before the committee.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has a target date by which average weekly incomes in Scotland will converge with those in the rest of the UK and, if so, what that date is No.
It has come out just before the start of the session. Rather than before the summer holidays? Yes. It is a matter of judgment but, if it went out before the start of the holidays, I am not sure that it would have the impact that it should have.
As we are used to having fortnightly rather than weekly meetings, members should ensure that the meeting dates are in their diaries.I thank members for attending.
The majority of custodial parents believed that allowing a non-custodial parent to have more nights, weekends or holidays with the children would mean that they received less money.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has a target date by which average weekly incomes in the Highlands and Islands will converge with those in the rest of Scotland and, if so, what that date is.
Changes to the existing legislation on independent schools bring the provisions up to date and make them workable; currently, they are not as workable as they could be.