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You would not go into a nursery and start talking about sex, but you might go into a nursery and point out that there are different family types, especially now that—thankfully—we have made progress on same-sex adoption and lots more same-sex parents are turning up at the nursery gates.
Having those conversations, and sharing what matters to the person at the end of their life can make all the difference to how and where they die. That also ties to the point that Anas Sarwar raised.
Nearly 35 years later, 1.3 billion people around the world smoke, 6 trillion cigarettes are smoked each year, but the industry will not talk about externalities, such as the 8 million people who die because of smoking.
Alison, can you say a bit on medium-term sustainability and next steps? Yes. On the point around the imperative for reform, the Barnett funding that is available to the Scottish Government has fallen by 1.2 per cent in real terms since the 2022-23 budget.
It is recognised that a democratic process is going on, and that such coverage might influence that, but the BBC does not do that with its press reviews.My point is that neither the BBC in Scotland, nor in the UK, nor Ofcom is taking those points seriously.
S5W-31527 Maurice Golden: To ask the Scottish Government whether Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) Administrator will be required to support better accessibility of collection points in economically deprived areas.
I want to pay tribute to them and teachers across Scotland who are doing their best every day to support pupils to achieve their best and be their best.
We know that, in the period that you are talking about, which is 2021 to 2025-26, the staffing pressures and overcrowding issues that we have talked about and the challenges in managing all that have resulted in people being locked up for longer than desirable.