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My officials are having almost daily discussions on how WES can be best supported in the future. I am well aware of the concerns and of the very difficult decisions that I had to make as part of the budget process.
Will the cabinet secretary promise that her Government will not approve any more deals to send thousands of sweet potatoes to Russia? A few points need to be clarified in relation to the issue.
At the Sub-Committee’s meeting on 9 November 2017, Calum Steele stated that he considered that there were “many more pressing things to be addressed than rolling out body-worn cameras at this point”.
During my remaining time, which is not long, I want to talk about the more subtle point that the group made: how is the UK going to afford the just transition?
The latest Scottish Government modelling however estimates that "policies will keep 100,000 children out of relative poverty and 70,000 children out of absolute poverty in 2024-25, with the respective child poverty rates 10 percentage points and 7 percentage points lower than they would have been without these polici...
Our next meeting will be on Tuesday 26 November, when we will begin our consideration of the Children (Scotland) Bill. 10:50 Meeting continued in private until 11:26.