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Copies have been placed in SPICe. The new Programme, which supersedes and consolidates the existing five Programmes, describes the short, medium and long term projects on which the Commission will be working between now and the end of 2004.
The fact that those trusts can transfer only to another trust and not to an incorporated charity does not assist transfers. Small amendments to sections 10 and 11 would greatly improve the use of such funds.Section 4 of my submission is about charity trustees.
However, we must ensure that the members of the cross-party groups and the Standards Committee understand the purpose of the groups and what the Standards Committee can do to assist them. We do not want to be perceived as trying to hinder the groups.I read carefully the useful paper that the clerks provided, but I think that a section is missing on a matter...
There is now a proposal for the new prudential framework. Do you think that that will assist local authorities to deal with the backlog in capital works?
This committee should be addressing the problem. Professor Hamblen has offered assistance and that is good. We may not be inundated with requests from other areas.
If unexpected costs arise under TUPE at the end of the contract, the contract provides for grant assistance. Our judgment is that that is unlikely to happen, but we have provided for that contingent liability.
We heard about the £2.6 million that is going to local authorities, but it might be interesting to know what is being done to assist small businesses. The sums involved seemed to be quite substantial.The measures are robust and necessary.
They, too, will receive serious consideration and if I believe that they can improve the bill and assist my aims, I shall not hesitate to say so.The bill is an historic opportunity for Scotland to lead the way in producing animal welfare legislation in tune with the 21st century.
However, I draw members' attention to the on-going issue of financial assistance for sufferers of hepatitis C, which the Health and Community Care Committee pursued vigorously in the previous session of Parliament.