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He is accompanied by his colleagues Paul Martin, director of the health workforce directorate; Alex Smith, director of the health finance directorate, and Alistair Brown, deputy director of the health delivery directorate.
The Conservative Government at Westminster has done that by ending the disastrous beer duty escalator that was introduced by Gordon Brown in 2008, under which beer duty increased by an eye-watering 42 per cent over five years.
Things such as the free bus travel scheme and free personal care for the elderly were introduced under Scottish Labour. When Gordon Brown was Chancellor of the Exchequer, we hugely increased the amount of money that was available to the Scottish Parliament and it was spent wisely.
My former Cabinet colleague Keith Brown identified a passage in the Local Government and Communities Committee’s report in a debate in the chamber last March.
I met one of Neil Findlay’s colleagues, Councillor Matt Brown from Preston City Council, to talk about community wealth building and some of the innovative things that we could explore around procurement, which is very much in keeping with the tone of the debate.
My colleague Alex Cole-Hamilton, who is here with his trademark brown leather shoes, which coalesce with his suave blue suit, referred to the need for more coalescence.
Let me just make this point. My colleague Keith Brown, the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Jobs and Fair Work, has had discussions about phase 2, which will look at how the board moves forward.
Jackie Baillie and Mike Russell touched on the economic aspects of the situation. John Swinney and Keith Brown are already engaged in direct dialogue with business on how we can make sure that our interests are protected.