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Given the changes and responsibilities on the Crown Office, we might expect a demand for a higher budget, but we have been told that savings can be made from X, Y and Z reforms. We want more detail on where savings can be made.
For example, in a single year, a local authority might not have to produce X or Y but would have to demonstrate a trend, for example on class sizes, which was one of the Executive's initial policies.
It will be possible to go to a bills web page before the publication of the marshalled list and find all the amendments that have been lodged to date.I am pleased to say that I have just about managed to fill the time.
To those who say that Dr Jandoo should not have made comments about certain individuals, I say that we cannot set up an inquiry and say to those conducting it that they cannot criticise X or Y. The inquiry will follow the evidence, no matter how uncomfortable or politically inconvenient that may be.
As I said earlier, six or seven commissioners have visited Scotland this year. During such visits, various discussions take place—they are not here just to see the castle.
Indeed, when Jim Wallace, as Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning, accompanied me on a visit to the school two years ago, he met people from each continent, all of whom wanted to study in the Borders.