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The point that we have been making is that, in 2010-11, compared with 2009-10, we will have a real-terms reduction of 1 per cent in the funds that will be at our disposal.
Even given the size of Edinburgh, only 400 houses have been allocated on the edge of the city. Compared with previous local plans and structure plans, that would be an all-time low.
To take a classic example, it is a challenge for a teacher who has two or three kids with autism in a class of 25 to develop a different style when presenting their lessons to those children compared with the style that they use for the rest of the class.
The present safety measures were implemented in 2005. Let us compare the accident statistics for the three most recent years—2006, 2007 and 2008—with those for the three years before the safety measures were put in place.
I ask the minister whether there is anything comparable in Scotland.I commend to members the BMA's final report on general practice in Scotland and look forward to the report by the Royal College of General Practitioners in the autumn.
Do the witnesses—Dr Thompson in particular—think that it is possible to make a judgment about how humane snaring is compared with other methods of predator control?