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I have previously reported on the costs of implementing the new pay agreements and, in exhibit 13 on page 34, I have provided the committee with the Health Department's latest estimate of the additional cost for 2004-05 and 2005-06.
I give the member an absolute assurance that we will continue in the same vein over the period of this spending review and the next. I welcome the latest figures from the minister, which show that we are down to low levels of cash carryover.
On evidence, we should try to probe the extent to which the new FEDS has driven the new allocations over the summer, given that those allocations will set the budget for the next three years.
I imagine so but, not being technically innovative, I find it difficult to imagine what new developments will come along. I imagine that such items might be added.
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.
The problem about money is that last year the sheep sector in Scotland received £116 million through the common agricultural policy, while the latest calculations are that that sector will receive £134 million this year.
That would make the most of those visits. Absolutely. One of the reasons why we had a formal meeting was to ensure that we had minutes and therefore could report back to our respective Assemblies and Parliaments, so that the good practice would be on record.