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How much of the increased figure is new money and how much is intended to meet new burdens or initiatives that the Executive may put on you in terms of policy initiatives?
I seem to remember that a former Tory Prime Minister said:"Advisers advise and Ministers decide"—Official Report, House of Commons, 26 October 1989; Vol 158, c 1044..I hold to that principle fairly strongly.
It is important to re-emphasise that it will be the hard work of individuals within the new framework that will bring about the change that we all seek.
No, because the increase is calculated by comparison with previous spending plans. That is why I used the term new money. It is new money. It is what Jack McConnell thinks he has given me and what I think I have.
As has been mentioned, the Minister for Justice, Cathy Jamieson, lodged a Sewel motion on the Civil Partnership Bill on 26 April. The Justice 1 Committee will consider the motion and take oral evidence on it.