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I mention this not to demonstrate my comparative youthfulness but to suggest that if anyone could be described as a child of the Thatcher age, it is me.
First, it asks for a commitment by public sector purchasers to fund wages and conditions of employment for front-line staff at the same level as those of comparable workers in the public sector.
I do not see why the department should have sought to compare and contrast the two sets of responses when the local authorities clearly thought that matters had changed significantly.
Imagine children learning about locally produced ethical food in the classroom, visiting the farm and then enjoying that food every day in the canteen.
As we are all aware, the Scottish Government’s budget in 2011-12 has been cut by £1.3 billion compared with this year. Scotland’s revenue budget has been cut by more than £500 million, and our capital budget has been cut by around £800 million.
As part of our scrutiny of the petition that has led to this inquiry and our wider engagement with the public, the committee has in the past six or seven months visited different parts of Scotland. Indeed, we still have to arrange one or two more visits.