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I hope that the legislation will take us in that direction.In conclusion, the Executive's programme is a businesslike programme to promote growth and prosperity.
Not only do voluntary sector organisations have a lot of employees and volunteers, but by assisting individuals to become more employable, they benefit the local economy.
If you were to ask me about where the largest number of programmes and the most expensive programmes are, I would say Shotts, which is prison for very long-term prisoners, Glenochil and Kilmarnock—those are the top three prisons in that respect.
Seventy per cent of the schools budget goes on employee costs, but we hear that the efficiency element will not be applied to teachers' salaries, although I am not sure whether that applies to classroom assistants and other staff—I see that the minister is nodding.
This order extends the list of prescribed persons from whom a tenant can purchase a house under the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 to include any person who is the new employer of an employee who formerly occupied a house as an employee of a local authority school and who was required"to occupy the house for the better performance of"their duties as an employee.
Workers will all be treated on an equal basis, which must be good for employee morale. That will in turn benefit the public in terms of the quality services that are delivered.