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The Government has already fallen behind on the programme that David Blunkett agreed in Europe on the matter and we should do nothing in this Parliament to slow the process up.
One interest group, whose name I cannot mention because of confidentiality, mentioned that it had received assistance because reference was made to a Scottish Parliament European Committee report in the European Parliament.
One interest group, whose name I cannot mention because of confidentiality, mentioned that it had received assistance because reference was made to a Scottish Parliament European Committee report in the European Parliament.
I believe that the bill does so.I will concentrate on widening access to all within our communities, whether people want to enter a first-steps programme, a further education college or a university.
We know that there is no statutory duty to delay any decisions but, with hindsight, do you think that it might have assisted parliamentary process if you had held off a wee bit longer to allow us to make a decision?
We are most grateful for the full submission that COSLA has given us, which has certainly assisted us in understanding where its areas of interest lie.
Despite those difficulties, Glasgow City Council gave us some useful evidence and was able to put us in touch with the Somali women's action group, whose assistance to the committee was absolutely invaluable.