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I believe that, in the Netherlands, it is the law that every time a new regulation is introduced, an old one must be abolished—new regulations cannot be introduced unless room is made for them.
The major decreases are in expenditure on communities programmes, down £35 million in real terms—I will come back to that—and in the unallocated capital modernisation fund, down £26 million in real terms. However, all is not as it seems.
If there is to be a ban on exit polls, surely by 8 December at the latest there should be in place firm legislative proposals to ensure that the ban is not broken.
I am aware of the work that is being done in East Lothian Council; indeed, I have visited schools in East Lothian that have taken some new and imaginative approaches and have made significant efforts to make social inclusion a reality.
Last summer, I was delighted to see the school's latest initiative, which involved building a greenhouse out of 2-litre soft drinks bottles—I say to John Swinney that they were a mixture of green and white bottles.