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It is ironic that such criticism was heard today from Roseanna Cunningham, who, during last year's debate on the legislative programme, was somewhat disparaging of the priority that had been given to the bill.
Amendment 12 would allow a Scottish Government the opportunity to institute new programmes of bursaries, or to change various charity laws to make it easier for universities to run bursaries and to raise income for that purpose.
The amendments ensure that the minimum standards set must be met. It might assist the committee if I provide a little detail on how the amendments work in practice.
Crofters have been increasingly eager to pursue reorganisation schemes in recent years; the provisions will assist such schemes.The current provision in the 1993 act constrains the Land Court in fixing rents for crofts that have been formed under a reorganisation scheme.
If the fish farm's owners are given the option of financial assistance to relocate the farm to a more appropriate area but are unwilling to do so, we are left in a difficult situation.
We are expected to believe that the appointment of one of Jack's lads—the straight-talking Mr Kerr—with assistance from Rhona Brankin, will sort out those pesky members of the public who simply do not listen hard enough to the Executive's explanations of why it is closing down their local services.
We have to provide the land and the financial resources that are necessary to sustain the 20 per cent of people who need rented housing and the 10 per cent of people who need some form of assisted home ownership—those figures are the Scottish averages; the figures for north-east Fife might be different.
The draftsman explains in his note on the bill why it is unnecessary, when re-enacting section 15 of the 1868 act, to make it a criminal offence to attempt or to aid or assist in the criminal conduct. That approach is not followed in section 14(1), which refers expressly to any person who"aids or assists in fishing f...