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There is a pay agreement for 2024-25, but that was reached only a few months ago, so we are already behind in pay uplift for staff and 2025-26 has not been agreed. SRUC sits outside the new National Joint Negotiating Committee agreement, which is a UK-wide pay body that agrees pay.
Humza Yousaf has previously said: “The Scottish Government did not routinely make decisions through WhatsApp.”—Official Report, 26 October 2023; c 11. Did the First Minister mislead the Parliament when he said that, or did he not realise that Government policy—Interruption.
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its latest Building a New Scotland paper, what its position is on how a written constitution could protect democracy, the sovereignty of the people, freedom and the rule of law in an independent Scotland.
To meet all the pressures and spending commitments in the investment pipeline, an additional £1.9 billion for 2024-25, £2.5 billion for 2025-26 and £2.8 billion for 2026-27 will be required, against a funding envelope of £5.9 billion.
We introduced the mobile phones last year. We have stopped family visits for two days at Christmas and new year, but apart from that, other than because of things such as the beast from the east, we have tended not to stop visits for any period of time, in my experience.
Auditor General, you will be aware that the vessels were supposed to cost under £100 million—that is, for both. The latest figure, back in March, was £300 million.