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I am aware that questions were asked about this matter at the previous meeting, and I think that some people were trying to compare things that were not the same.
However, we have not had specific information about the number of teachers who are retiring and how that compares with the projections. Interestingly, the projections for this year were not out by much.
I was about to make the same point.The Scottish population is very willing to support overseas development and, along with the members of the diaspora, has raised a sum of money that is massive compared with the money available from grants.
The figure was 1.83 per cent, but if we compare that with Northern Ireland, where the figure was 2.1 per cent, we might think that the situation was better in Scotland.
I well remember from work in my previous life how one organisation found itself being increasingly visited by people from Canada whose grandparents or great-grandparents had died.
There is still a way to go. In the few years since I first visited the reserve, I have already seen a difference in the plant life and the insect life.
The psychological pressure must be so much greater under those circumstances.During the campaign against violence in betting shops, I visited several betting shops in Paisley and heard some pretty horrendous stories.