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Ken Macintosh seems to be arguing that the Scottish Government is due no credit when the statistics look quite good, and is due blame when the statistics are bad.
A very similar motion that was lodged by Elaine Smith and which expressed many of the concerns that we are debating today was debated in February 2005.
A number of submissions from Gaelic organisations and from across the Gaelic community indicate that that is the desire of the Gaelic community, as expressed publicly, at any rate. The question of ultimate measures of success is very difficult.
All elected members will have found that, if we have good policies, such as zero waste or recycling policies, that are well expressed and conveyed to communities and done in consultation with them, they work.
We can look at the cost of innovation relating to swimming pools and at the amount of money that is available for that. The 2025-26 budget put £40 million of additional capital funding into the local government budget settlement, which represents an £11 million increase in the core capital budget after the cut from 2024-25 is reversed.
We have set ourselves the milestone of getting to 1,000 placements by 2025-26. Yesterday, a report was published that shows that we have already managed to surpass that, but we have an ambition to further increase the number of placements.
That is why, Presiding Officer, I always seek to ride above expressions of partisan opinion from whatever source they may emerge, no matter how unlikely.