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That is certainly still on our agenda.Tricia Marwick suggested that we were disadvantaged compared with England, but the evidence from comparing the spending per head in England and in Scotland does not point in that direction.
The scandals involving postal vote fraud have resulted in the UK election process being compared to that of a banana republic. That is extremely damaging to our democratic process.
My wife will kill me for saying this but, despite feeding five babies by breast, she has developed rheumatoid arthritis. She may be the exception to the rule.Mike Rumbles made an important point about the right to feed in law.
In 2003-04, the spend was £243 million, compared with £412 million in 1996-97. Even in 2005-06, the spend will still not be higher.We welcome the expenditure on infrastructure and will support the Executive.
Some of the changes relate to issues that were raised by the committee at some of my earlier appearances and which have caused us all some frustration.It is good to have a straightforward budget that contains figures that are directly comparable with previous figures. However, I draw your attention to the fact that we have published some new annual targets, which are more consistent and easily comparable; I believe that they represent a significant improvement in relation to some of the previous targets that I have had to defend before the committee.
I find the lack of cross-references and an audit trail in the budget revision document a severe miss compared with what one would find in the private sector.