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The retail sector has been quite resilient during the recession. It did not go “down the stank”, to use the technical expression that Mr Gibson brought to the proceedings; rather, it managed to overcome very well the buffeting of the recession.
If you are not seeing patients because of the restrictions that they are under and the restrictions on your services, I suppose that the difficulty is how to get up-to-date clinical knowledge to make those prioritisation choices in a different way from before.
As of last week, eight of 15 authorities in Scotland had confirmed their data test date. We are in the process of working with another six authorities to confirm their dates, which should be confirmed in the next few days.
I will highlight one other point, of which I am sure the committee is well aware. A lot of the dates can be quite confusing, because everything is, in effect, happening two years after the event.
Under Brown, the rich were protected from the tsunami of the recession and the poor have borne the brunt of payment of bankers’ bonuses.Labour says that independence is a matter of the constitution.
I absolutely accept that. Our comment is somewhat out of date. Until the relatively recent introduction of the first-tier tribunal system, the Scottish system had three layers and not four.
On behalf of the industry, we want the cabinet secretary to be clear on his approach before the Easter recess. Farmers and crofters need to know that information and it is the responsibility of this cabinet secretary and this Government to show them it.