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I want to make a correction. I am anxious about the recess, which is next week. The next meeting is on 27 October, when members will get a chance to speak to the minister.
After all, here we are before the summer recess, setting out to Parliament our intention to legislate.The consultation will of course be open to contraction and convergence and other questions—the Government will carefully examine the evidence.
I am grateful to him for that, because Maggie Thatcher is not out of date in Scotland; she was just never supported as being relevant by the people of Scotland.
Of course, that is the amount of spending that would get us back to 2009-10 levels, but if we had not had the recession, we would have expected the budget to grow from its 2009-10 level as the economy grew.
We live in a world of finite resources, and the cost implications are severe as we face a recession and cuts. I urge the committee to reject the motion.