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That is a good question, and I will answer it. The first point to recognise—which Craig Hoy did not talk about—is that, two years ago, the Scottish Government’s core workforce reduced by 0.5 per cent.
There is a value judgment implicit in how we talk about barriers. Secondly, I echo the point that Andrew Miles just made on the extent to which barriers extend across our lives.