§ Queen's Recommendation having been signified—
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Resolved,
That, for the purpose of any Act of the present Session to make further provision for promoting social welfare in Scotland, to amend the law relating to the supervision and care of persons put on probation or released from detention and to establish children's panels to provide children's hearings in the case of children requiring compulsory measures of care, it is expedient to authorise payment out of moneys provided by Parliament of—
§ (1) any expenditure incurred by the Secretary of State—
- (a) in conducting or assisting other persons in conducting research into any matter connected with his functions or the functions of local authorities in relation to social welfare, and with the activities of voluntary organisations connected with these functions;
- (b) in making grants towards fees or expenses incurred by persons undergoing training for any of the purposes of the said Act, towards the cost of maintenance of such persons and towards expenses incurred by any body of persons in providing such training;
- (c) in providing training for persons for any of the said purposes or for persons engaged in any activity connected with those purposes;
- (d) in providing financial and other assistance towards expenses incurred by voluntary organisations and other persons engaged in any activity connected with his functions or
151 the functions of local authorities under the said Act; - (e) in making payments of travelling, subsistence or other expenses to members of any Advisory Council established under the said Act;
- (f) in making payment of fees and allowances to members of any appeal tribunal constituted by the said Act and in defraying the expenses of any such tribunal;
- (g) in the recruitment and training of members of children's panels;
- (h) in providing legal aid in connection with proceedings before the sheriff or a higher court under the said Act;
- (i) in making payments of compensation to or in respect of persons suffering loss of employment or loss or diminution of emoluments attributable to the provisions of the said Act;
§ (2) any administrative expenses incurred by the Secretary of State under the said Act;
§ (3) any increases attributable to the said Act—
- (a) in the sums payable out of moneys provided by Parliament by way of Rate Support Grant under the enactments relating to local government in Scotland; and
- (b) resulting from any provisions of that Act authorising the variation of any rate support grant order made before the commencement of that Act for a grant period ending after the commencement of that Act so as to take account of additional expenditure incurred or likely to be incurred by local authorities in consequence of the passing of that Act.—[Mr. Millan.]