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The union representatives told us that the Government said last March that there would be a national conversation on rail, but no date has been set. How can we ensure that we get the right investment when we are not even having the conversation?
It feels like they will be quite regular. I am sorry; we do not have a date yet. Again, that will happen once we have had an opportunity to delve into the terms of reference, but we have agreed that anything that we do will move at pace.
If, for example, we know that the tendering process will result in adult social care residential homes in the Lothians being run from a particular date by A N Other employer, we can start that process.
Do we fight it by regulating the lending market or by, as at present, having such out-of-date security laws that nobody wants to lend in that situation?
Mirren, the first paragraph of your submission says: “COSLA would further welcome a future opportunity ... to provide oral evidence to the Committee on some of the wider aspects concerning the Ambitions into Action Inquiry and expand on experience to date.” Let us kick off with that, then.
I do not know whether this figure is correct—it is probably a few years out of date—but in Holland, for example, the aggregated figure for funding to universities from central Government is 61 per cent.
The changes that have been made to date, over a very short space of time, are significant and will have an impact on our assumptions for next year’s Scottish budget.