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What differences do you see in how you support people who are granted refugee status compared with those who are in Scotland under a UK resettlement scheme?
Members of the public will be able to look at performance today compared with performance during the pandemic at its height and performance prior to the pandemic to see the comparative situation in which we find ourselves in relation to the disruption that the pandemic has created.
If we do comparisons—they seem to be inevitable—it is incumbent on all of us to say whether we are comparing a Scottish taxpayer this year with a Scottish taxpayer next year, or comparing a Scottish taxpayer with a UK taxpayer, because the pictures are completely different.
That sets all potential students who have a lawful basis for residing in the UK or Scotland and who wish to proceed into further and higher education on a level footing with their school peers—bar some noted exceptions. If the amending regulations were to be annulled, the substantive regulations would revert to our previous position on long residence, whi...
Without diminishing what is happening, because this is an exceptional departure of police officers in terms of the numbers that are involved, Police Scotland ordinarily has an exodus of officers year on year, as members know.
Many individual poppy crosses were laid out in the towns and villages that I visited—it was very moving, indeed—and considerably more were there than when I visited last year.