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Not everybody who goes to it will get support, but with the appointment of the fund managers, we are now in a position to take another step forward.I think that Mr Brown is familiar with my responses on this issue.
Security issues do not involve simply the person remanded in custody; the JPs' safety and the security of those giving evidence and members of staff are all involved. Robert Brown knows that a benefit of sheriff courts is that defence and Crown witnesses are physically kept separate—the toilets and other rooms are separate.
It is about how the product is identified. Chris Brown told us earlier that in Scotland there is a strong identification with Scottish products, but that south of the border there is no particular benefit for Scottish products as opposed to UK products.
That is utter inconsistency in one town.Yesterday, I asked Keith Brown—whom I respect—whether, given the financial settlement, councils had any excuse to cut education budgets.
I look forward to the project not going forward but, as Gavin Brown mentioned, being completed. That is the issue that interests people.I was disappointed by Alex Johnstone's knowledge of history.
As far as the meeting on 21 October is concerned, Keith Brown admitted that the NUS proposal had just been delivered to him for consideration, as it had been to Opposition members who were at that meeting.
In fact, she was very clear. Robert Brown said to the minister:"We might need to wait for the comprehensive spending review to find out what resources can be applied to the issue".
On the subject of literacy and numeracy in the workplace, and referring to the previous debate on the OECD report, my colleague Keith Brown related some of the views and opinions that were expressed in the workplace session that he attended.