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Additionally, the Committee notes the UK Government’s autumn budget was published on the 27 October 2021. This letter does not take account of any impacts from this announcement. 8.
That is where there is imbalance. But that does not account for all of the other advantages that the UK gets, namely the soft power and the reputation of UK higher education, particularly among those who come to do master’s degrees and who would be paying.
Last week, it was mentioned that the delay in the bill might give rise to an accountability gap. People have been working on the charter of rights without the accountability framework that goes along with it.
Can you confirm that the spring end of the muirburn season will be set to either 15 or 31 March, on a precautionary basis, to take account of the need to protect birds from nest destruction?
We think that that model would be a huge step forward in holding to account breeders who are unscrupulous and are not breeding to the standards that we would expect, and in enforcing the legislation.
We have to ensure that we are taking into account those other impacts, and we will do so through the processes that we have specified, as well as undertaking our own engagements throughout.
How do you go about looking at and selecting hotels for use? What do you take into account? The process has evolved over the two or three years for which hotels have been used.
Obviously, as the Public Audit Committee, we are interested in the public accountability of the service, and the only way for us to achieve that is to have the data and that degree of transparency.
Why do we not go by the age of accountability or responsibility? Some of the 16 and 17-year-olds that we are talking about have the mental age of someone much younger, so why are we stuck on chronological age?