Scottish Labour MSP Elaine Murray asked the minister if the primary purpose of the scheme was to bring unemployed people into work or reskill those already in work, during the final evidence session of the committee as part of its inquiry into improving employability.

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It is very important not to lose sight of the main purpose of a pension scheme, which is to provide income in retirement.

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With knowledge of these agreements, a reasonable person would surely have made further inquiries into why they were needed, and then realised that the entire scheme had an illicit purpose.

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Finally, the source of the unreported assets cannot be derived from illegal activity. (For this purpose, the proceeds of a tax evasion scheme from a legitimate business are not deemed to be from an illegal activity.) If all of these elements of voluntary disclosure are met, the IRS generally will not prosecute the taxpayer for the noncompliance.

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Under the second scheme, the EFSF would create a set of special-purpose vehicles financed by other investors, including sovereign-wealth funds.

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The foundation of our system is built on top of a numbering scheme that was created in the 1930s for an entirely different purpose.

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Insp Jones said the purpose of the meeting at Tafarn y Rhos near Llangefni, was to share information about the OWL scheme in a bid to cut figures further.

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The duke himself has spoken of his own struggles to find a purpose within the royal family, saying he took on patronages -- including the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme he created to recognize community service -- out of duty rather than passion.

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