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It is recommended that the petitioner be advised that the petition is inadmissible and that he should seek the assistance of local elected representatives in resolving the matter.
We still do not have a research capability and, as you said, Mary, that will mean that members of the committee will end up using their own staff. My assistant, who is employed to help with constituency work, spends 50 to 60 per cent of her time on committee business.
None the less, throughout the years I have found the occasional moment of prayer or simply of quiet and reflective thought to be of great assistance in my daily business. My motion today, however, is not born purely of personal preference or desire.
Members of the panel who listen to the radio may have heard the fairly lengthy phone-in programme this morning in which people were complaining about the complaints system.
I agree that it is virtually impossible to legislate for the actions of non-statutory organisations, but public bodies can encourage non-statutory bodies to take action by providing, for example, grants programmes or advice. We must remember that the non-statutory sector is already fully engaged in the process.
I would like to see a consultation paper that the committee could have a look at well ahead of the end of this parliamentary session, even though that is not in the partnership for government programme. I think that it is important to press for that.
I take the First Minister back to pensioners' needs and, in particular, the central heating programme. Will he explain to me why the Eaga Partnership told me yesterday and is telling pensioners daily that the current central heating programme is closed to new applications until August at the earliest?
(S2F-201) The next meeting of the Cabinet will discuss our progress in implementing the partnership agreement and our legislative programme. I thank the First Minister for that answer.
It is recognised that it has one of the top three rehabilitation programmes for sex offending—such provision is non-existent in other prisons in Scotland.Finally, whereas almost everyone objects to having a prison on their doorstep, there is no nimbyism in Peterhead.