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We have made sure that our consultants are paid competitively compared to consultants in other parts of the UK, and we have matched UK pay review body recommendations for many, including our general practitioners.
It is not that MSPs would receive any of that £2,000 but that there might be incidental costs in facilitating the visits in terms of time and resource. Although it is a large figure on paper, it is not a large figure across 12 months for a group that plans to be active.
It is welcome to hear that you are resurrecting the cross-party group. I recently visited a business in my constituency that makes LoSalt, and it is targeting how to reduce our salt intake in the United Kingdom and Scotland.