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Integration from day 1 is the key principle of our new Scots strategy. We believe that it is vital to build strong communities by enabling people to settle in, make social connections and build new lives.
The infrastructure spend includes spend on new schools and hospitals, as has been said, and, crucially, spend on a new Forth crossing, which previous Governments shied away from building.
We will do that, but we are doing so already. In fact, New Zealand, which is one of the countries on which the growth commission relies for its argument, is already putting new ideas into practice.
Yes, this is about the CAP payments that have not been delivered in the fashion that the Government would have liked. The issue is not new; Mr Ewing has reported on it to Parliament.
The First Minister’s visit consisted of four days in Chicago which was largely business related and two days with the Team Scotland delegation at Medinah where the Ryder Cup was staged.
Employment law would need to be amended, because an employer could say that it does not think that someone weighs up to the latest standard on equality because of their beliefs on marriage.