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I should inform our witnesses that they got off lightly compared to civil servants who have appeared before the committee previously—I do not know whether that is the talk of the steamie yet, but I expect that it soon will be.
If he is going to make comparisons, he should compare like with like. The 7.3 per cent increase that was mentioned is a 7.3 per cent planned increase in this year's health service spending over last year's planned health service spending.
I notice, for example, that output in the manufacturing sector in Scotland increased by 1.4 per cent in the four quarters to the end of the third quarter of 1999, compared with a decrease of 0.7 per cent for the United Kingdom as a whole.
I note the evidence in his and the SPCB's report that many of the cost features were very competitive when compared with Portcullis House, the new Parliament building in London.
My recommendation is that we hear Richard Simpson speak to his report, before allowing Paul Martin and any other local members who are present to make a final statement to us on the issue and to respond to what Richard has said.If we do that, only our discussion of the phraseology of recommendations will be held in private, which compares very well with the...
How can that be tackled? It is pretty much impossible to compare the expenditure in the voluntary sector with that in previous years, because that information is simply not available.
Secondly, you cover three crucial market sectors for Scotland, all of which are growing globally at a fantastically high rate compared with the global economy as a whole.
The rural stewardship scheme, which is part of Scotland's rural development plan, came into operation this year. Compared with other countries, Scotland has little money available to help farmers to carry out environmental work on farms.