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There is a difference in provision at the pre-school level compared with primary schools—the private and voluntary sectors are involved at pre-school level.
It seems to me that a target of reducing child poverty by 100 per cent is desirable. One measures that by comparing year-on-year performance to assess whether one is making things better or worse.
In the early stages of the debate—this was remedied later, in particular by Alison Harris—members made comparatively little mention of children, but we should put children, rather than teachers, at the centre of the debate.
A Marine Scotland employee told me: “I feel that the skill set that we have is being ignored compared to the job we do and I don’t see why CalMac and Marine Scotland are on two different scales of pay.”
Now that you have returned to the prison, what is your view as you look at the current prison compared with where it came from? With the support and authority, where would you like to take the prison over the next five years?