Does the minister accept that every pound that is spent on agency staff bureaucracy is a pound that is taken away from our schools, hospitals and local council services, which are already on their knees because of this Government’s mismanagement?

Good morning. Procurement is a vital part of the process. In the past, we have touched on the need to ensure that local suppliers and the farming community have opportunities. What do local authorities and other bodies currently do to ensure that local food producers and suppliers can benefit from council procurement? Will the plan improve access to procurement opportunities for local food producers?

East Ayrshire Council has done a lot of work on that in the past and is seen as a pioneer. However, some changes are afoot. It would be useful for Andrew Kennedy to give us a flavour of how you see that. The local producer and the farming community have a massive role in ensuring that they can tap into that.

Highland Council has asked for

“clearer, practical guidance from the Scottish Government on how to embed Good Food Nation principles into procurement without breaching existing regulations.”

Does, or will, the plan provide clarity on what councils can and cannot do for procurement?

How will the Scottish Food Commission work with local authorities to ensure that good food nation plans “have regard to” the national plan? What role will it play in assessing the effectiveness of the plans? How effective will that be when we have it in place?

My second question is for Zero Waste Scotland. Is Zero Waste Scotland satisfied that food waste and associated indicators are included in the plan? What would you like to be included in local good food plans?

Thank you. Does anyone else want to add anything?

The affordable housing supply programme budget has increased by only £12 million since 2018-19, which is against the financial backdrop. How does the Scottish Government expect that affordable housing demand will be met when a report from Shelter Scotland, the Chartered Institute of Housing Scotland and the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations found that £900 million a year is needed to meet the affordable housing demand?

I am very pleased to be able to speak in this evening’s debate, and I thank Alex Rowley for bringing it to the chamber.

Four and a half years ago, the SNP made some very bold promises about the future of NHS dentistry across Scotland. However, with the end of the parliamentary session now in sight, the fact is that many communities do not have a dentist whom they can go to; indeed, such a prospect is a distant dream for them. We know that thousands of Scots have not seen a dentist for a number of years, and the number of young people who require dental treatment in hospital has increased in each of the past four years.

From every corner of Scotland, we are repeatedly hearing that practices are no longer accepting NHS patients, and whole areas of Scotland are now being classified as dental deserts. There are also countless stories of constituents being forced to take private treatment, and even stories of patients doing dentistry on themselves because they do not have the opportunity to get treatment.

Alex Rowley’s motion rightly highlights the problems with Breeze Dental Care in our region. Patients were very used to going to the practice; however, it said that it was no longer able to provide NHS services and that patients would have to sign up to a payment plan. That has been happening with lots of other dentists and in lots of other areas, and it is a real issue for individuals.

As for those areas of Scotland that are affected, I know that, in my area and region, countless stories and amounts of information have been going back and forth, and MSPs will have found their inboxes full of such things. Dental services across Stirling are on a knife edge, and many locations are suffering. Infinityblu Dental Care and Implant Clinic, for example, announced that it would no longer be taking any NHS patients in the Callander area, except for those under the age of 18. Many people had been going to that practice for decades; at the time, constituents were told that they needed to go to other locations, and they were hugely concerned about that. Those in Callander had to go to Crieff or Auchterarder, which is a considerable distance to travel. The practice made it clear that it did not want to make such decisions, but it found that it was losing revenue on every NHS patient whom it treated. Since then, there has been an improvement in the situation.

I recognise that the Government is trying to do something, but its approach is not having an effect everywhere, and some locations are still finding it really difficult. Residents in the example that I highlighted are still hoping for a full return of adult NHS dental services, and I am disappointed that that has not happened, although I know that the Government, along with the health board—NHS Forth Valley—is still working to find solutions. Solutions have been found in some areas, but not in all, and more work needs to be done to ensure that people get the protection that they need for their oral health.

Regardless of what the Government is doing, the fact is that there is a genuine need to tackle this agenda. As I have said, we are coming towards the end of this parliamentary session, and I hope that the Government will finally take note of the flood of casework that MSPs are having to cope with. I have seen the situation in my region, and other MSPs are saying the same thing. The solution to it will, no doubt, be no easy fix—we acknowledge that—but we also feel that, instead of tinkering around the edges, the Scottish Government must commit to building the sort of modern dental service that communities, and those in rural environments in particular, need, and to ensuring that that approach to dentistry is in place for them. I and many others will keep calling for that repeatedly, because what is required is a safe support mechanism for individuals across communities.

No, thank you.

We have touched on certain obligations that are placed on a host nation, such as those that relate to the management of street trading; ambush advertising; ticket touting, which Mr Kerr has just spoken about; and the sale of counterfeit goods.

Minister, you have indicated that those aspects will be managed or authorised by either the police or Glasgow City Council. They will have to take reasonable measures to prohibit, restrict and prevent some of those things from taking place. Indeed, the crux of the matter is ensuring that certain things do not take place, whether that is across the piece or in the zoned areas. How will you ensure that we have in place robust processes during the Euros and in the protected zones to deal with those aspects?