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That is certainly the view that is expressed in the white paper. It is not as though we will be cutting ourselves off completely from our friends and neighbours in England and Wales.
Perhaps the reform of the police service in Scotland offers the opportunity, rather than designating the service, to have it as a de facto that the entire new service is subject to the legislation.
In particular, the report focuses on how credit conditions have changed for Scottish SMEs during this period, and the current constraints faced by businesses as a result of the credit crunch and current economic downturn.
The number that we gave yesterday related to the possibility of between 5 and 8 per cent of the senior-phase group returning, so that would be in addition to the 3 per cent. I will express that to the committee as follows.
I ask those who wish to speak in the debate to press their request-to-speak buttons. 15:26 I thank Dame Elish Angiolini for her “Independent Review of Complaints Handling, Investigations and Misconduct Issues in Relation to Policing”.
I have a question on that point and pension credit. As I understand it, something like a third of the pension credit to which people are entitled is not being claimed because of the complexity and stigma of claiming.