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It is vital that we get behind the Government's thinking, which I support in this context, and compare our approach in Scotland with approaches in other nations, so that we get a clear idea of how what we do benefits education and the economy.
That certainly represents a reduction in scrutiny compared with the use of affirmative procedure, but we believe that the use of negative procedure is appropriate in relation to the powers as they stand.
The resources attracted to the rural development programme, which is a subsidiary of the common agricultural policy, are comparable to the resources available to the structural funds.
Services to reduce reoffending vary markedly across the country, and the lack of consistent performance information makes it difficult to compare the effectiveness of different services.
That does not necessarily require a power to be devolved rather than exercised by the UK, except that you assume that a devolved power would be used faster.
Sometimes we must look to where the competition is coming from and what strengths it will bring, as compared with the existing strengths of the business.