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People have to be flexible and to understand such feelings.For some of our members with mental health problems, getting insurance to go travelling or on holiday abroad can be almost impossible because the cost is exorbitant.
We are heading towards the summer, and I know that about 30 consultation documents will be on my desk by the end of May, as all the civil servants go on holiday. That is how the system works.There are two reasons for that.
The first job that I had was as a 14-year-old schoolboy—a summer job as a cleaner in Butlin's holiday camp. The first question that I was asked was, "Whit fit dae ye kick wi?"
Training providers tell me that they can be sitting in a room with three people who are largely undertaking the same form of training—working towards the same qualification—but who are subject to quite different payment regulations and holiday entitlements: one may be training for work; another on the new deal programme; another a skillseeker.
In the broadest terms, I can say that we understand that this is fundamental to work going forward and that it is an area of work on which we will continue to liaise. At a later date, we can come back to the committee and describe our approach in more detail.
Jamie Stone outlined precisely when modern Scotland dates back to—1822, when my erstwhile constituent, Sir Walter Scott, was the master of ceremonies during the visit to Edinburgh of George IV.