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However, the Executive has tried to clear up any doubt by explaining that the offence of grooming will have four elements: communication; meeting or travelling to meet; the relevant offence; and the under-16 age limit. Each of those elements assists us to recognise what is meant by grooming, but some issues remain.
If risk can be managed out and if the optimism bias can be managed down through ever-more-accurate assessment, we would like to assist the promoter with that important work.
That the Parliament agrees the following designation of Lead Committee— the Justice 1 Committee to consider the draft Civil Legal Aid (Financial Conditions) (Scotland) (No 2) Regulations 2002, the draft Advice and Assistance (Financial Conditions) (Scotland) (No 2) Regulations 2002, the draft Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) Amendment (Scotland...
I welcome Grahame Smith, the deputy general secretary of the Scottish Trades Union Congress, Alex McLuckie, who is the senior regional organiser for GMB Scotland, and Ian McKay, who is the assistant secretary of the Educational Institute of Scotland.
There is, in principle, an exception for public procurement. That is, public purchasing programmes can be designed to favour domestic goods and contractors.
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Date answered:
26 November 2004
Other initiatives include Healthy Respect, the health demonstration project in Lothian, and the range of activities on sexual health carried out by NHS Health Scotland across its programme areas. 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 M F Total* M F Total* ...
That view is backed up by what people here have said so far.I am reminded of a regeneration programme in my council area. That programme will fail if section 75 is not in place.
Instead, we need a holistic approach that includes, for example, early intervention programmes in our schools to ensure that children and young people learn about drink in a responsible way and in a way that allows them to take a whole-life view of it.
I would like to place on record my gratitude to the non-Executive bills unit for the very considerable assistance that I have had in drawing up the bill.