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The Executive continues to refuse to give figures for buying out the contract. When will the Executive—in particular Mr Kerr—answer the people of the Highlands, who deserve to know why it has reneged on its promises?
I would hate anything to be introduced that would make it more difficult for those on low incomes to buy a new television, for example, in a high-street shop.
This boxing match would not take place if there were not men in Scotland who admire Mike Tyson, condone his behaviour and will buy tickets to see him fight or if there were not organisations willing to promote or host the fight.
If we need to fund these things, we should fund them properly, from the top. We have the money to do it. We have a £40 billion surplus in national insurance funds, which is growing by £6 billion a year.
I very much look forward to a new transport and works act, which will allow us to debate issues in a different kind of framework, with different kinds of expertise at the top table. We do not have that today.
New opportunities funding can be put on top of that. In that context, I should mention that we have a project running up in the Highlands that is similar to some of the sure start projects.
I can think of examples in which that has happened as an ad hoc solution to problems in hot spots, but I cannot think of campaigns that have included Travellers in a logical and planned way. Travellers usually rise to the top of the agenda when there is a problem to address, but then they sink below the horizon again.