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In its written submission, the Sheriffs’ Association suggested additional sentencing powers for contempt of court would be welcome, such as a community payback order with the requirement to engage with social work, a requirement to attend parenting classes, or a deferral of sentence for good behaviour to allow contact to take place.
Procurement conclusions
The Cabinet Secretary told the Committee that it is his intention to develop construction related procurement frameworks or other commercial arrangements that will promote better working practices in the industry as well as better working practices by public sector organisations.iScottish Government, supplementary evidence In evidence he said:
On the issue of how we encourage best behaviour...
Scottish Women's Aid said that coercive and controlling behaviours are an important indicator for lethality in domestic abuse cases, and therefore that this risk assessment must be sensitive to coercive control, which most risk assessment tools in use are not.4Scottish Women's Aid. (2019).
During this period, young people are vulnerable to the risks of adverse outcomes in adult years such as physical and mental illness, substance abuse and risk taking behaviour. 1Patton, G.C., Sawyer, S.M., Santelli, J.S., & Ross, D.A.
ECCLR Committee programme for scrutiny of the Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) BillDateEvent19 June 2018Evidence session: Bill Team27 June 2018Launch of the call for evidence23 August 2018Close of call for evidence23 October 2018Evidence session: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, ClimateXChange and the Committee on Climate Change30 October 2018Evidence session: International perspectives including witnesses from other countries6 November 2018Evidence session: Behaviour...
For example, the PVG scheme seeks to ensure that people whose behaviour makes them unsuitable to work with children or protected adults, cannot do regulated work with these groups.
Many discussions with stakeholders related to behaviour change, and are supported by Defra’s Agricultural Statistics and Climate Change1Department for Environment, Food and Agriculture. (2017, August).
Direct payments can de-incentivise farmers' attitudes about risks, leading to more risky behaviour.
An EU-wide crisis reserve is also linked to direct payments.
RBS explained that alternatives are being invested in to reflect changing customer behaviour:
We have to respond to changing trends, and as a result we are investing in a full range of services to give our customers what they want and what they expect.