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r=11208&c=2040922James Withers (SF&D) said –
There are other opportunities, and some innovation in how we approach public procurement might help. There may be national contracts in some parts of the public sector, such as the national health service.
A key initiative in this sector is ‘Make Innovation Happen’, which was launched by the Scotland Food & Drink Innovation Working Group in May 2017 as the first step towards Ambition 2030.
The Concordat between the UK Government and the Scottish Government states that—
The UK Government recognises that the devolved administrations will have an interest in international policy making in relation to devolved matters and also in obligations touching on devolved matters that the UK may agree as a result of concluding international agreements.6De...
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There may...
One of the main roles that SCIS performs for its schools is professional learning and development and the production of guidelines on all sorts of areas, based on best practice, case law, the Equality Act 2010, the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 or whatever it may be”viiiEqualities and Human Rights Committee, Official report, 26 Jan 2017: Col...
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The submission from the British Transport Police Superintendents’ Association Branch (BTPSA) argued that being part of a geographic force would result in police officers being abstracted to other duties for much longer periods:
"It is also difficult not to expect Police Scotland duty officers in control rooms and on divisions faced with trying to resource numerous calls not to allocate / task the closest units, which may...
The Committee heard from stakeholders who are of the view that whether Section 8 would stand testing in court can only be proven by testing it and if the power is then found to be ineffective that is the time to consider what change may be necessary. However, the Committee is not convinced that the currently available suite of powers (with the attached test...
We think that the process ought to be more transparent and open.Local authorities, in particular, may fear that there will be an immediate leap towards an enforcement order, but that is not the case.
I hope that the minister will respond to those points in his speech. Members may care to note that, provided that they do not get into tedious repetition, time is very much on their side.