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I am sorry, but I have already given way to one of Iain Smith's colleagues.It is extremely unfair to compare Scotland with Ireland, despite their many magnificent attributes, or to compare Scotland with New South Wales.
If there are four pilots, there should be slight variations in the procedures so that at the end of the pilots we can compare and contrast and decide whether some are better than others.
However, when it comes to the regulation there are some interesting differences, especially when compared with the regulation that was introduced south of the border.
It helps to examine the experience of comparable posts elsewhere. For example, when we compared the budget for the proposed Scottish human rights commissioner to those of the other commissioners in Scotland, it seemed a bit restrictive.
That is slightly different from other areas of public service where there is a public sector comparator—if the public sector comparator shows that provision of money from the public sector provides best value, that route is open, except in the case of local government.
It is estimated to be 1,400. How does that compare with Edinburgh? I think that the figure for street prostitution in Edinburgh is about 200 or 300, although I am not entirely sure about that.