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"Survey of tail injuries sustained by working gundogs and terriers in Scotland" (2014)
The abstract of the study by Lederer et al (2014)1Lederer, R., Bennett, D., & Parkin, T. (2014).
As I recall, there is some front loading of cash into the first 2014 budget year, because we passed the budget for the programme last week.As part of that, we got an increase of approximately €200 million on the original proposal for R and D. As Aileen McLeod rightly points out, the UK—Scotland in particular—does very well out of the R and D budget.
That is not to suggest that there is not a strong case for using R and D grants—of course there is—but we felt that this was an opportunity to add resources to what had flowed in the Barnett consequentials and provide another opportunity to encourage growth in key sectors of the Scottish economy.
Our time for reflection leader today is the Reverend Michael Philip of Bainsford parish church in Falkirk.Rev Michael R Philip (Bainsford Parish Church, Falkirk): Thank you for the invitation.
We have had a series of petitions over the past couple of years relating to different experiences that members of the public have had with the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman, which is the complaints body for citizens in Scotland who feel that they have not been treated well by a public body or agency.Petition PE1076, by D W R Whittet, calls for an appea...