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If that is not available, taxpayers' money will be supporting an import market from which we are trying to get away. That is why the target is needed: to get the farmers providing the product.
I am afraid that I have to finish.It is important that we improve nutrition in our schools and that we get the balance right with regard to who should get free meals, but we also have to improve the level of physical activity.
He might be aware that in the past few months seven new schools have opened in my constituency and that a further three schools will open early in the new year.
I imagine that there will be questions today on that issue, so we will get some steer on it.I am being bureaucratic rather than political, but we need to get some decisions made.
However, I know that there are always people who, when they find themselves in difficulties, hope that the problem will just go away. They expect to get back on their feet—they may be getting a new job or experiencing changes in family circumstances—and think that they will be able to deal with their debts before the case gets to court.Those are the people who can fall through.
Does the First Minister accept that the Custodial Sentences and Weapons (Scotland) Bill will mean that prisoners still get out of jail halfway through their sentences?