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Sandy mentioned innovation, and Tim and Jeremy spoke about securitisation and developing new markets. Are we looking at a need to develop a new market or new financial products?
I declare an interest in relation to what I will say next, as I am the convener of the St Mirren Independent Supporters Association. St Mirren FC is part of a pretty unique partnership.
There is also the fact that the 10 or so committees with the greatest interest in spend have had to go through a new pre-budget process, and there are the new welfare powers.
In order to contribute to the reduction of Lyme disease in Scotland, Health Protection Scotland (HPS) recently reviewed the latest trends in respect of confirmed cases.
I have put that proposition to ministers in the United Kingdom Government and discussed it specifically with the Deputy Prime Minister when she visited me in the summer. As Emma Roddick will know from her constituency experience, there are acute shortages of workers in a number of sectors and a rural visa pilot would help us to address some of the challeng...