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He is absolutely right, but the Labour debate has been going on for 10 years. How long does Des Browne want?The debate in Scotland has come to a conclusion.
It was fascinating to listen to the entire discussion. Gavin Brown has covered most of the areas that we spoke about and has done all the product placement, as well.
Mr Conway’s point was a general one, and we have covered that issue in response to Mr Brown’s questions. We think that the current level of sheriffs is enough to handle the level of business.
In a minute, I will ask my colleague Charles Brown to go through how we got there, but I completely appreciate the point about not being able to include a figure.
It had to consider public benefit and overall benefit. Gavin Brown also talked about the timescales for the bill and the need to ensure that it received careful consideration.
The debate is extremely important, and I will talk to anyone about the issue.On the information that was brought up yesterday, Dr Janet Brown gave an example of the SQA working with the educationists.
When you set the budget targets, are you being overambitious and leaving yourselves open to the criticism that we saw in Gavin Brown’s press release that came out yesterday, for example?
I hope that that position will find favour with ministers, and I note that Mr Brown highlighted to the committee the Scottish Government’s concerns over that pernicious practice.
Last week, the First Minister acknowledged the success of that achievement.That has been achieved through programmes such as “Mrs Brown’s Boys”, which is produced at Pacific Quay and has become one of the most popular BBC sitcoms in recent times.
Now that I have said that, Mark McDonald and Gavin Brown want immediately to leap in. I was about to move on to another issue but they have both indicated that they would like to contribute.