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We have taken part in the discussions about a new intergovernmental system—I think that May will mark the third birthday of those discussions. However, it is not impossible to reach an agreement.
As members know, two-year-olds are eligible primarily if their parents are or have been, since the child’s second birthday, in receipt of particular social security benefits.
First, around half of Scotland’s two and three-year-olds do not get the same level of nursery provision because their birthday happens to be in the wrong month.
If somebody commits a reasonably serious offence on the day after their 12th birthday, that will put them in a difficult position in relation to employment later on.